Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 325295, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/325295
Clinical Study

Performance of a Whole-Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay with Mycobacterium RD1-Specific Antigens among HIV-Infected Persons

Akira Fujita,1 Atsushi Ajisawa,2 Nobuyuki Harada,3 Kazue Higuchi,3 and Toru Mori3

1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8524, Japan
2Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 18-22-3 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
3The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 3-1-24 Matsuyama, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan

Received 23 May 2010; Accepted 7 July 2010

Academic Editor: Katalin Andrea Wilkinson

Copyright © 2011 Akira Fujita et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Akira Fujita, Atsushi Ajisawa, Nobuyuki Harada, Kazue Higuchi, and Toru Mori, “Performance of a Whole-Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay with Mycobacterium RD1-Specific Antigens among HIV-Infected Persons,” Clinical and Developmental Immunology, vol. 2011, Article ID 325295, 6 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/325295