Understanding latent tuberculosis: a moving target.

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Published in J Immunol on July 01, 2010

Authors

Philana Ling Lin1, Joanne L Flynn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

A Cross-sectional Study to Estimate the Influence of Malnutrition, Diabetes Mellitus and Helminth Infections on Biosignatures in Latent Tuberculosis in a South Indian Population | NCT04526613

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