Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Using Beijing/K Strain-Specific Peptides in a School Outbreak Cohort

Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Using Beijing/K Strain-Specific Peptides in a School Outbreak Cohort

BackgroundThe Beijing strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has been most frequently isolated from TB patients in South Korea, and the hyper-virulent Beijing/K genotype is associated with TB outbreaks. To examine the diagnostic potential of Beijing/K-specific peptides, we performed IFN-γ rele...

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Main Authors: Ji Young Hong, Ahreum Kim, So Yeong Park, Sang-Nae Cho, Hazel M. Dockrell, Yun-Gyoung Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Beijing/K strain
cytokine
IFN-γ release assay
latent tuberculosis infection
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
outbreak
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.599386/full

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