Design of immunogenic multiepitopic mycobacterium tuberculosis peptides from genes selected using in vitro models of mycobacterial macrophage infection

S. Contini, F. Seghrouchni, M. Bocchino, R. Markova, M. G. Alma, F. Mariani, M. Amicosante, C. Saltini (Rome, Naples, Italy; Sofia, Bulgaria)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Immunology and genetics of tuberculosis
Session: Immunology and genetics of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2977
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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