@article{6a534c98d8de4458bac4559afeff976b,
title = "Immune responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen ESAT-6 signal subclinical infection among contacts of tuberculosis patients",
abstract = "Diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is considered essential for tuberculosis control but is hampered by the lack of specific reagents. We report that strong recognition of tuberculosis complex-specific antigen ESAT-6 by healthy household contacts of tuberculosis patients correlates with the subsequent development of active tuberculosis during a 2-year follow-up period.",
keywords = "Antigens, Bacterial, Bacterial Proteins, Contact Tracing, Disease Progression, Family Characteristics, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Leukocytes, Mononuclear, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary",
author = "Doherty, {T Mark} and Abebech Demissie and Joseph Olobo and Dawit Wolday and Sven Britton and Tewodros Eguale and Pernille Ravn and Peter Andersen",
year = "2002",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "704--6",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "2",
}