ORFeome-based identification of biomarkers for serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent infection

ORFeome-based identification of biomarkers for serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent infection

Abstract Background The challenges posed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection require the gradual removal of the pool of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The current cell-immune-based diagnostic tests used to identify LTBI individuals have several irreversible drawbacks. In the present study...

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Main Authors: Fangbin Zhou, Xindong Xu, Sijia Wu, Xiaobing Cui, Weiqing Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Latent TB infection
Serodiagnosis
Recombinant GST-TB fusion proteins
Sensitivity and specificity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2910-y

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