Study of the antibody response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in Warao Amerindian children in Venezuela

Study of the antibody response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in Warao Amerindian children in Venezuela

This study was aimed at investigating alternate methods for serodiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), which are needed because bacteriologic diagnosis of childhood TB is difficult. A selection of 80 serum and saliva samples were tested from Warao indigenous children under 15 years of age; 34 high TB suspe...

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Main Authors: Z Araujo, JH de Waard, C Fernández de Larrea, D López, C Fandiño, A Maldonado, E Hernández, Y Ocaña, R Ortega, M Singh, Tom HM Ottenhoff, SM Arend, J Convit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
tuberculosis (TB)
Warao Amerindians
tuberculin skin test (TST)
IgA
IgG
IgE
secretory IgA (sIgA)
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