human monoclonal anti-lamella antibody (anti-lam) antibody, human monoclonal anti-lam antibody, human monoclonal anti-pim6 / lam antibody, kit for detecting at least one lam epitope, method for diagnosing an active tuberculosis infection in an individual, and method to treat a tuberculosis infection in an individual

摘要

The present invention provides widely different compositions, kits, vectors and methods including epitope-directed monoclonal antibodies found within lipoarabinomanan (lam) and phosphatidyl myo-inositol mannoside 6 (pim6) for the diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterium tuberculosis infections.