Plasma antibody profiles as diagnostic biomarkers for tuberculosis

Two billion people are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), worldwide. Ten million to 20 million of the infected individuals develop disease per year. TB is a treatable disease, provided that it is diagnosed in a timely manner. The current TB diagnost...

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Published in:	Clinical and vaccine immunology Vol. 18; no. 12; p. 2148
Main Authors:	Khan, Imran H, Ravindran, Resmi, Krishnan, Viswanathan V, Awan, Irum Nawaz, Rizvi, Syed Kumail, Saqib, Muhammad Arif, Shahzad, Mirza Imran, Tahseen, Sabira, Ireton, Greg, Goulding, Celia W, Felgner, Phil, DeRiemer, Kathy, Khanum, Azra, Luciw, Paul A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.12.2011
Subjects:	Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Biomarkers - blood Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods Humans Immunoassay - methods Microspheres Mycobacterium tuberculosis - immunology Pakistan Plasma - immunology Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum - microbiology Tuberculosis - diagnosis Pakistan
ISSN:	1556-679X, 1556-679X
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