Use of Low Molecular Weight Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a New Skin Test for Specific Diagnosis of Tuberculosis | Zendy

Davoud Sadeghi Gariz | Zendy; Nader Mosavari | Zendy

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Use of Low Molecular Weight Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a New Skin Test for Specific Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Davoud Sadeghi Gariz,

Nader Mosavari

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

qom univ med sci j

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2008-1375

pISSN - 1735-7799

DOI - 10.29252/qums.12.1.63

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , antigen , skin test , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , mycobacterium , immunology , virology , biology , pathology

Accepted: 14 Sep, 2016 Abstract Background and Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease and about one-third of the world population are infected with latent TB infection. Active TB infection may develop in 5 to10 percent of individuals with latent infection; therefore, detection of latent infection is of great importance in the control of the disease. The aim of this study was to develop a specific skin test based on low molecular weight proteins secreted by M. tuberculosis for detection of M. tuberculosis infection.

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