Epitope-specific antibody levels in tuberculosis: biomarkers of protection, disease and response to treatment.
Monoclonal antibodies restricted to Mycobacterium tuberculosis can measure epitope-specific antibody levels in a competition assay. Immunodominant epitopes were defined from clinical samples and related to the clinical spectrum of disease. Antibody to the immunodominant epitopes was associated wit...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00243/full |