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Tuberculosis State Is Associated with Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Sputum Macrophages

mSphere, 2017
During tuberculosis, macrophages are critical for both pathogen survival and host immune activation. Since expression of particular cell surface markers reflects cell function, we used flow cytometry to measure the abundance of surface markers associated
Karim Lakehal, David Levine, Kathleen F. Kerr, Pooja Vir, Natalie Bruiners, Alfred Lardizabal, Maria Laura Gennaro, Richard Pine   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transformative Pathways for Strengthening Climate‐Resilient Health Systems Among Indigenous Communities: Advancing Equity and Sustainability in Global Health

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most climate‐resilience health interventions are designed at the global level, with minimal attention to Indigenous communities' needs. The lack of consideration can lead to unintended harm and exacerbate health risks. This study aims to identify the capacities of Indigenous communities that can serve as transformative pathways in safely ...
Chrishma D. Perera, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Carol Zavaleta‐Cortijo, Timothy D. Baird, Korine N. Kolivras, James D. Ford, Michelle Dickson, Kerrie Pickering, Guangqing Chi, Joana Bezerra, Dhanya Vijayan, Victoria Chicamana‐Zapata, Cecil Togarepi, Kheminda G. Thilakarathne, Martha M. Hangula, Francis A. Akugre, Richard Nuwagira, Jonathan Nkalubo   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in People with Household Close Contact with Tuberculosis in North of Iran

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
One of the recommended strategies for preventing tuberculosis is to screen high-risk populations with respect to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. The aim of the present study was to investigate latent infection and active tuberculosis in people
Mahmood Moosazadeh, Narges Khanjani, Mohammadreza Parsaee   +2 more
doaj  

Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV: cohort from HIV referral health centers in Recife, Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To identify the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV). DESIGN: Observational, prospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 2069 HIV-infected patients was observed between July 2007 and December 2010.
Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Magda Maruza, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Marcela Lopes Santos, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, Laura Cunha Rodrigues   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

In situ PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in endoscopic mucosal biopsy specimens of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn disease [PDF]

, 2008
Tuberculosis and Crohn disease are granulomatous disorders affecting the intestinal tract with similar clinical manifestations and pathologic features.
Pulimood, AB, Rook, GWA, Peter, S, Donoghue, HD   +3 more
core  

TB Elimination: The Difference Between Latent TB Infection and TB Disease [PDF]

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the ...

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Prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Malaysia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Health care workers are exposed to patients with tuberculosis and are at risk of nosocomial infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in
Rampal Krishna, Rafiza Shaharudin, Tahir Aris   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human immunodeficiency virus increases the risk of tuberculosis due to recent re-infection in individuals with latent infection. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus associated tuberculosis (TB) disease can follow reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection or recent (re-)infection with M. tuberculosis. If contemporary TB cases share identical M.
Fine, P.E.M., Glynn, J.R., Mallard, K., Sichali, L., Crampin, A.C., Mallard, K, French, N, Houben, RMGJ, Malema, S, Glynn, JR, Sichali, L, Houben, R.M.G.J, Malema, S., Crampin, AC, Fine, PEM, French, N.   +15 more
core  

CCL2 responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with disease severity in tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Leucocyte activating chemokines such as CCL2, CCL3, and CXCL8 together with proinflammatory IFNgamma, TNFalpha and downmodulatory IL10 play a central role in the restriction of M.
Hussain Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M., Hasan, Z, Jamil, Bushra, Bushra Jamil, Hussain, Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M, Ashraf Mussarat, Hazel M Dockrell, Hasan Zahra, Jamil, B, Mussarat Ashraf, Jacqueline M Cliff, Ashraf, Mussarat, Cliff Jacqueline M., Cliff, JM, Irfan, Muhammad, Irfan Muhammad, Ashraf, M, Hussain, R, Muhammad Irfan, Hasan, Zahra, Dockrell Hazel M., Dockrell, HM, Irfan, M, Jamil Bushra, Dockrell, Hazel M, Rabia Hussain, Zahra Hasan   +28 more
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