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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2018.036

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TH1 lymphocytes: correlates of protection or markers of tuberculosis infection activity?

Lyadova IV, Panteleev AV, Nikitina IYu, Radaeva TV
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Laboratory of Biotechnology, Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow

Correspondence should be addressed: Irina V. Lyadova
Yauzskaya Alley 2, Moscow, 107564; ur.liam@avodaylvi

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Funding: the study is part of the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute's stream 0515-2015-0010, "Immunological methods of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosing".

Received: 2018-05-29 Accepted: 2018-07-25 Published online: 2018-08-21
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