DETERMINING THE PRE-EXISTING IMMUNE STATUS IN ACTIVE DISEASES WHERE INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS ARE INVOLVED TO RECONSTRUCT PATHS OF INFECTION

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of immune responses to intracellular pathogens. The invention particularly relates to a method for determining the pre-existing immune status in active diseases where intracellular pathogens are involved to reconstruct paths of infection by way of flow-cytometric analysis of cytokines.