Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , February 2010

Utility of a combination of RD1 and RD2 antigens as a diagnostic marker for tuberculosis

  • Mamta Kalra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Gopal Krishan Khuller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Ajay Grover

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • Present Address: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO-80523-1682, USA.
    • ,
  • Digambar Behera

      Affiliations

    • L.R.S. Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi 110030, India
    • ,
  • Ajay Wanchu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Indu Verma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-0172-2755180; fax: +91-0172-2744401.

Received 30 April 2009 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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☆ Work performed at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh- 160012, India.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.005

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , February 2010

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