Immunogenicity of antigens from the TbD1 region present in <it>M. africanum </it>and missing from "modern" <it>M. tuberculosis</it>: a cross- sectional study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Currently available tools cannot be used to distinguish between sub-species of the <it>M. tuberculosis </it>complex causing latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. <it>M. africanum </it>causes up to half of TB in...

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Main Authors: Antonio Martin, Otu Jacob K, Hammond Abdulrahman, de Jong Bouke C, Adegbola Richard A, Ota Martin O
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/11