Open AccessImproved diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients using RD1-encoded antigen CFP-10
Author(s) -
Venkata Ramanarao Parasa,
Madhan Kumar Murthy,
Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer,
Pawan Sharma,
Soumya Swaminathan,
Alamelu Raja
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.022
Subject(s) - antigen , tuberculosis , medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , virology , pathology
The present study was aimed at determining the serodiagnostic potential of 38-kDa (Rv0934, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific antigen) and CFP-10 (Rv3874, RD1 antigen) antigens among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients with pulmonary TB.
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