Longitudinal assessment of an ELISPOT test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Very little longitudinal information is available regarding the performance of T cell-based tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. To address this deficiency, we conducted a longitudinal assessment of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot test (ELISPOT) test in comparison to the standard tub...
Main Authors: | Philip C Hill, Roger H Brookes, Annette Fox, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, David J Jeffries, Moses D Lugos, Simon A Donkor, Ifedayo M Adetifa, Bouke C de Jong, Alex M Aiken, Richard A Adegbola, Keith P McAdam |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1891317?pdf=render |
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