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October 1, 2001Infection and Immunity

Tuberculosis Contacts but Not Patients Have Higher Gamma Interferon Responses to ESAT-6 than Do Community Controls in The Gambia

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JVJohan VekemansInternational AIDS Vaccine InitiativeCLChristian LienhardtInsermJSJackson SillahWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79ebfa684c0941cf322717https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.69.10.6554-6557.2001
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