The immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-infected and uninfected adults in Uganda: application of a whole blood cytokine assay in an epidemiological study.
SETTING: Out-patient clinic, Entebbe, Uganda. BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that 'type 1' cytokines are essential in protective immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and that suppression of 'type 1' or a switch to a 'type 2' profile is deleterious. We employed a sim...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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1999
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