New synthetic lipid antigens for rapid serological diagnosis of tuberculosis.

<h4>Background</h4>During pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) antibodies are generated to trehalose esters of mycolic acids which are cell wall lipids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Attempts have been made to use these complex natural mixtures in serological tests for PTB diagnosis.<h4...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Alison Jones, Mark Pitts, Juma'a R Al Dulayymi, James Gibbons, Andrew Ramsay, Delia Goletti, Christopher D Gwenin, Mark S Baird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181414&type=printable

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