Immunological differences between lung tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection

A. Starshinova (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), E. Istomina (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), U. Zinchenko (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), N. Denisova (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), M. Nazarenko (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), M. Filatov (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), V. Burdakov (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), S. Landa (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation), P. Yablonskiy (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Source: International Congress 2018 – The immune response to tuberculosis: development of biomarkers and diagnostic tools
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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