Evaluation of anti-tuberculosis responses in humans using different complementary immunological techniques

Thesis (MSc MedSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background The QuantiFERON In-Tube (QFT IT) assay is an Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) which is currently used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) infection. It however cannot differentiate between latent inf...

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Main Author: Gutschmidt, Andrea
Other Authors: Walzl, Gerhard
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79835