Open AccessHow should laboratories measure mycobacterial load?
Author(s) -
Grant Theron
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
south african respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2304-0017
DOI - 10.7196/10.2015.v21i3.54
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , immunology , medicine , biology , computer science , pathology , data mining
The ability to accurately and reproducibly quantify mycobacteria in a cost-effective manner is essential for both basic and applied tuberculosis (TB) research. In immunology, laboratory-based experiments are frequently performed to compare the effect of regulatory T-cells on mycobacterial kill under different conditions