| Literature DB >> 21047999 |
Michael Siev1, Xian Yu, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Frank T Martiniuk, Arturo Casadevall, Jacqueline M Achkar.
Abstract
The ability to utilize serum or plasma samples interchangeably is useful for tuberculosis (TB) serology. We demonstrate a strong correlation between antibody titers to several mycobacterial antigens in serum versus plasma from HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected TB and non-TB patients (r = 0.99 to 0.89; P < 0.0001). Plasma and serum can be used interchangeably in the same antibody detection assays.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21047999 PMCID: PMC3019788 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00325-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X