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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Main Author: Graham H Bothamley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00243/full