Whole-Blood Flow-Cytometric Analysis of Antigen-Specific CD4 T-Cell Cytokine Profiles Distinguishes Active Tuberculosis from Non-Active States

• Urban Sester,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Mathias Fousse,

  Affiliation Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Jan Dirks,

  Affiliation Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Ulrich Mack,

  Current address: Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus, Oslo, Norway

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Antje Prasse,

  Affiliation Department of Pneumology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Mahavir Singh,

  Affiliation Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, and Lionex Diagnostics & Therapeutics GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Ajit Lalvani,

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Martina Sester

  * E-mail: martina.sester@uks.eu

  Affiliation Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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