Tuberculosis (TB) causes an estimated 2 million people per year globally. However, despite technological advances of the 21st century, there are no efficacious vaccines that prevent TB transmission. T
Figures S1 and S2, Tables S1–S8. Figure S1. Reproducibility of human sera on different ELISA antigens: Human plasma was randomly selected from our cohort of 71 individuals and run in duplicate on (A)
Footnotes: TB: tuberculosis; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; n/N = number of positive tests/number of tested sera in each group; TST: tuberculin skin test (cut-off 5 mm); Cut-off value for PGL-Tb1:
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the leading infectious disease causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Though current antibiotic regimens can cure the disea
Additional file 1 Supplementary Table 1. Frequencies of single TNF-α-, total TNF-α-, single IFN-γ-, total IFN-γ-, dual IFN-γ/TNF-α-secreting T cells following ESAT-6 or/and CFP-10 stimulation in ATB,
