Evaluation of Cellular Immune Responses to Mycobacterial Antigens among Immigrants from South-East Asian Countries in South Korea

Hye Jon Lee^1,2*, Sang Nae Cho³, Deok Ryun Kim¹, Hye Won Jung⁴, Sue Yeon Kim³ and Hazel M. Dockrell⁵

¹Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, 151-919, Korea

²Department of Technical Cooperation, Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, 121-150, Korea

³Department of Microbiology and the Institute of Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, 102-752, Korea

⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ewha Woman’s University Medical Center, Seoul, 158-710, Korea

⁵Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E7HT, UK

^*Corresponding Author: Hye Jon Lee, Department of Microbiology and Institute of Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno, Seodae Moon-Gu, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea, Tel: +82 2 2228 1838, Fax: +82 2 392 9310 Email:

Keywords: Latent Tuberculosis; Interferon-gamma release tests; Immigrant

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