Application of a whole blood mycobacterial growth inhibition assay to study immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis burden population.

Application of a whole blood mycobacterial growth inhibition assay to study immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis burden population.

The determinants of immunological protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection in humans are not known. Mycobacterial growth inhibition assays have potential utility as in vitro surrogates of in vivo immunological control of M.tb. We evaluated a whole blood growth inhibition assay...

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Main Authors: Richard Baguma, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Erica Smit, Mzwandile Erasmus, Jonathan Day, Lebohang Makhethe, Marwou de Kock, E Jane Hughes, Michele van Rooyen, Bernadette Pienaar, Lynnett Stone, Willem Hanekom, Michael J Brennan, Robert S Wallis, Mark Hatherill, Thomas J Scriba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590973?pdf=render

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