High-throughput and computational approaches for diagnostic and prognostic host tuberculosis biomarkers

High-throughput techniques strive to identify new biomarkers that will be useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis (TB). However, their analysis and interpretation pose considerable challenges. Recent developments in the high-throughput detection of host biomarkers in TB a...

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Main Authors: January Weiner, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216312012
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Summary:High-throughput techniques strive to identify new biomarkers that will be useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis (TB). However, their analysis and interpretation pose considerable challenges. Recent developments in the high-throughput detection of host biomarkers in TB are reported in this review.
ISSN:1201-9712
1878-3511