Evaluation of antibody responses to panels of M. tuberculosis antigens as a screening tool for active tuberculosis in Uganda.

BACKGROUND:Improved systematic screening of high-risk groups is a key component of the tuberculosis (TB) elimination strategy endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). We used a multiplex microbead immunoassay to measure antibody responses to 28 M. tuberculosis (M.tb) antigens, and assessed w...

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Main Authors: Priya B Shete, Resmi Ravindran, Emily Chang, William Worodria, Lelia H Chaisson, Alfred Andama, J Lucian Davis, Paul A Luciw, Laurence Huang, Imran H Khan, Adithya Cattamanchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540581?pdf=render