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Cost-effectiveness of post-landing latent tuberculosis infection control strategies in new migrants to Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundThe majority of tuberculosis in migrants to Canada occurs due to reactivation of latent TB infection. Risk of tuberculosis in those with latent tuberculosis infection can be significantly reduced with treatment.
Jonathon R Campbell, James C Johnston, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Victoria J Cook, R Kevin Elwood, Fawziah Marra   +5 more
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Determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among nurses at public health centers in Indonesia

Belitung Nursing Journal, 2021
Background: The incidence of latent tuberculosis among healthcare workers, especially nurses, at public health centers in Indonesia has been increased. Therefore, factors related to the tuberculosis incidence need to be further investigated. Objective:
Meira Erawati, Megah Andriany
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Spreading of Persistent Infections in Heterogeneous Populations [PDF]

, 2010
Up to now, the effects of having heterogeneous networks of contacts have been studied mostly for diseases which are not persistent in time, i.e., for diseases where the infectious period can be considered very small compared to the lifetime of an ...
D. Bleed, D. J. Daley, J. D. Murray, J. Sanz, K. Styblo, K. Styblo, L. M. Floría, R. M. Anderson, T. Daniel, Y. Moreno   +9 more
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Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran

Heliyon, 2023
Objective: This cohort study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mojgan Sehat, Reza Razzaghi, Mark Ghamsary, Monireh Faghir Ganji, Mojtaba Sehat   +4 more
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Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/RIF and ustar easyNAT™ TB IAD for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis of children in Tanzania : a prospective descriptive study [PDF]

, 2016
Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become a standard approach for diagnosis of peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT TB IAD nucleic acid amplification assays, against ...
AT Cruz, CA Wright, CA Wright, CA Wright, CC Anunobi, CC Boehme, CJL Murray, CM Denkinger, CM Denkinger, CM Perez-Velez, D Hillemann, E Penz, Edward Masika, ES Cibas, F Ardito, FA Mhimbira, Hans-Peter Beck, Hassan Chande, J Ayugi, J Cohen, JA Seddon, JB Reitsma, Klaus Reither, L Coetzee, Levan Jugheli, M Pai, Maira Bholla, Mohamed Sasamalo, Neema Kapalata, PJ Dodd, R Fang, RR Kazwala, S Chakravorty, SGM Mfinanga, SH Siddiqi, SM Newton, Tracy R. Glass, Ustar Biotechnologies, World Health Organization, X Ou   +39 more
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LATENT TUBERCULOSIS;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2012
Objectives: To assess the degree to which Latent Tuberculosis exist among long–term inmates in jail. Study Design:Prospective Cohort Analytic Experimental Quantitative Data. Setting and Period: Jails at Bahawalpur between 2009-2010. Methods: Wemonitored the Mountex Test of prisoners within 48 to 72 h and those who were 10 mm or more were considered ...
JAVED IQBAL, ALTAF HUSSAIN MALIK, Aftab JAMIL   +2 more
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Immunological aspects of host–pathogen crosstalk in the co-pathogenesis of diabetes and latent tuberculosis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionDiabetes is a potent risk factor for the activation of latent tuberculosis and worsens the tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome. The major reason for mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients is due to their increased susceptibility to TB ...
Arpana Verma, Maninder Kaur, Princy Luthra, Lakshyaveer Singh, Divya Aggarwal, Indu Verma, Bishan D. Radotra, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Sadhna Sharma   +8 more
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Tricks to translating TB transcriptomics. [PDF]

, 2015
Transcriptomics and other high-throughput methods are increasingly applied to questions relating to tuberculosis (TB) pathogenesis. Whole blood transcriptomics has repeatedly been applied to define correlates of TB risk and has produced new insight into ...
Coussens, AK, Deffur, A, Wilkinson, RJ
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Screening vaccine formulations for biological activity using fresh human whole blood. [PDF]

, 2014
Understanding the relevant biological activity of any pharmaceutical formulation destined for human use is crucial. For vaccine-based formulations, activity must reflect the expected immune response, while for non-vaccine therapeutic agents, such as ...
Aboutorabian, Sepideh, Ausar, Salvador F, Brookes, Roger H, Dockrell, Hazel M, Ha, Yukyung, Hakimi, Jalil, Hasija, Manvi, Rahman, Nausheen, Smith, Steven G, Todryk, Stephen M   +9 more
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [PDF]

Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 2017
The treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an essential component of tuberculosis (TB) elimination in regions that have a low incidence of TB. However, the decision to treat individuals with LTBI must consider the limitations of current diagnostic tests for LTBI, the risk of developing active TB disease, the potential adverse effects from
Tang, Patrick, Johnston, James
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