LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Intracellular ESAT-6: a new biomarker of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection?

N. Poulakis, A. Gritzapis, V. Tsilivakos, M. Ploussi, M. Leventopoulos, C. Papageorgiou, A. Anastasopoulos, S. Karabela, E. Vogiatzakis, P. Constantoulakis (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Diagnostic features of tuberculosis II
Session: Diagnostic features of tuberculosis II
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4423
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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