Combination of cytokine responses indicative of latent TB and active TB in Malawian adults.
<h4>Background</h4>An IFN-γ response to M. tuberculosis-specific antigens is an effective biomarker for M. tuberculosis infection but it cannot discriminate between latent TB infection and active TB disease. Combining a number of cytokine/chemokine responses to M. tuberculosis antigens m...
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| Main Authors: | Yun-Gyoung Hur, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Anne Ben-Smith, Maeve K Lalor, Steven Chaguluka, Russell Dacombe, T Mark Doherty, Tom H Ottenhoff, Hazel M Dockrell, Amelia C Crampin |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079742 |
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