Study of the Antibody Response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Warao Amerindian Children in Venezuela

This study was aimed at investigating alternate methods for serodiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), which are needed because bacteriologic diagnosis of childhood TB is difficult. A selection of 80 serum and saliva samples were tésted from Warao indigenous children under 15 years of age; 34 high TB suspe...

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Published:	2004
Subjects:	Tuberculosis (TB) Warao Amerindians Tuberculin skin test (TST) IgA lgG IgE Secretory 19A (sIgA)
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10872/16365
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