Use of antibody from lymphocyte secretions to diagnose active infection

A method and kit for the detection of an infectious disease, particularly tuberculosis, wherein lymphocytes of a subject are incubated with a disease-specific antigen, and the level of antibody production is measured, the production of antibodies above a baseline level being indicative of infection.

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Hauptverfasser:	SACK DAVID A, RAQUIB RUBHANA
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES ENZYMOLOGY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING PHYSICS PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS SPIRITS TESTING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and kit for the detection of an infectious disease, particularly tuberculosis, wherein lymphocytes of a subject are incubated with a disease-specific antigen, and the level of antibody production is measured, the production of antibodies above a baseline level being indicative of infection.