Mycobacterial antibody levels and immune restoration disease in HIV patients treated in South East Asia

• Main Authors: Sumatoh, H.R., Oliver, B.G., Kumar, M., Elliott, J.H., Vonthanak, S., Vun, M.C., Singh, S., Agarwal, U., Kumar, A., Tan, H.Y., Kamarulzaman, A., Yunihastuti, E., Saraswati, H., Price, P.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4604/

Aim: Immune restoration disease (IRD) associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis parallels the reconstitution of a pathogen-specific Th1 response. However, it is not clear whether humoral responses to M. tuberculosis antigens also rise, or whether antibody levels predict IRD. Here, humoral immunity...