Elevated <it>ex vivo </it>monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (CCL2) in pulmonary as compared with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tuberculosis causes 3 million deaths annually. The most common site of tuberculosis is pulmonary however; extra-pulmonary forms of the disease also remain prevalent. Restriction of <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>depe...

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Main Authors: Khan M Aslam, Jamil Bushra, Zaidi Irfan, Hasan Zahra, Kanji Akbar, Hussain Rabia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-07-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/6/14