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Medicine Advances, Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 361-382, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Background Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) often progresses to active tuberculosis, necessitating the development of novel vaccine to prevent LTBI. In this study, we aimed to design a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) vaccine that could elicit a potent immune response to prevent LTBI.
Fan Jiang +5 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2020., 2020 Abstract Background and aims Despite the World Health Organization (WHO)'s updated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment, the scale‐up of TB preventive therapy remains low in many high‐burden countries (HBCs). We conducted a survey to better understand the current status of policy implementation and barriers for scale‐up.
Lena Faust +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV (PLH). Preventive tuberculosis therapy reduces mortality in PLH, especially in those with a positive tuberculin skin test (TST).
Ricardo E. Steffen +3 more
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SKIN TEST DIASKINTEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS EXUDATIVE PLEURITIS
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2014 Two hundred and six patients aged 18-86 years with pleural effusions of varying etiology and a control group of 21 healthy volunteers were examined to evaluate the efficacy of immunological intradermal test with diaskintest to diagnose tuberculous ...
N. A. Stogova +2 more
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IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2017 Time period required for diagnosis in those with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis was analyzed; diagnostic value of immunological tests done in 70 patients (diaskintest and QuantiFERON®TB Gold) was studied and the results were presented.
V. A. Krasnov, T. I. Petrenko
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2022 The objective: to evaluate effectiveness of mass screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents in Moscow using two different options according to age; to determine impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on effectiveness of screening campaign ...
E. M. Bogorodskaya +3 more
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Importance of immunodiagnostics in dynamic observation of tuberculosis treatment in children
Медицинский совет, 2021 The use of recombinant tuberculosis allergen (ATR) expands the possibilities of detecting tuberculosis. Nevertheless, the issue of the predictive value of the ATR test for assessing the result of tuberculosis therapy remains insufficiently studied ...
M. A. Romanova +3 more
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ESTIMATION OF THE SPREAD OF LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN TUBERCULOSIS FACILITY EMPLOYEES
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2014 The paper gives the results of examination using QuantiFERON-TB and diaskintest in 180 employees of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis. Latent tuberculosis infection was detected in almost one-third of the employees. The closest proximity
M. M. Zorina +3 more
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2021 The objective: to study the degree of specific sensitization according to the results of intradermal immunodiagnostic tests in children with different manifestations of tuberculosis infection under the current epidemic situation.Subjects and Methods. The
L. V. Poddubnаya +3 more
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TB antigen-based skin tests and QFT-Plus for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection diagnosis in Brazilian healthcare workers: a cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaThis study aimed to analyze the cost-effectiveness of three tuberculosis (TB) antigen-based skin tests (TBST) (Diaskintest, C-TST, and Cy-TB) and QFT-Plus for TB infection diagnosis compared to the current standard of care, PPD Rt-23 tuberculin skin test
Fernanda Mattos de Souza +5 more
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