"Anti-M. tuberculosis Antibodies in HIV-TB."

According to an abstract presented by the authors to the Molecular Mechanisms in Tuberculosis Keystone Symposium, held February 19-25, 1995, in Tamarron, Colorado, "HIV infected individuals are at a significantly higher risk of reactivating latent tuberculosis. We have assessed the presence of circulating antibodies to antigens of M. tuberculosis in retrospective sera from HIV-infected individuals who subsequently developed tuberculosis. Sera from HIV seropositive individuals who were also PPD positive or had a history of being PPD positive were also evaluated. All sera were depleted of antibodies to cross-reactive, conserved prokaryotic epitopes prior to testing in sensitive...

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