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The human immune response to tuberculosis and its treatment: a view from the blood. [PDF]

, 2015
The immune response upon infection with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is poorly understood, hampering the discovery of new treatments and the improvements in diagnosis.
van Helden, Paul, van Helden, P., Cliff, Jacqueline M, Kaufmann, Stefan HE, O'Garra, Anne, Kaufmann, S., McShane, H., O'Garra, A., Cliff, J., McShane, Helen   +9 more
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Screening for tuberculosis of patients with HIV-infection. New possibilities

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2022
Background. Tuberculosis associated with HIV infection is becoming almost a new disease, where not only new approaches to treatment are being formed, but there is also a need to improve the quality and search for new means of early diagnosis of ...
E. A. Borodulina, D. A. Kudlay, A. N. Kuznetsova   +2 more
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The Impact of Domestic Public Health Spending on Health Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence From Disability‐Adjusted Life Years

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to experience a high and uneven disease burden, mainly from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. As external funding declines, the strategic allocation of domestic public health spending (DPHS) becomes crucial.
Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo, Josue Mbonigaba
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary
Grobusch, Martin P., Pletschette, Michel, Mchugh, Timothy D., Schwank, Samana, Zumla, A, McNerney, R., Squire, S. Bertel, Ford, Nathan, Kim, P.S., Marais, B, Squire, S B, Migliori, Giovanni Batista, Bates, M, McHugh, Timothy D, Grobusch, M.P., McNerney, R, Migliori, G-B, Migliori, Giovanni-Batista, Squire, Bertie, Lawn, S, O'Grady, J, Chakaya, J., Lawn, Steve, Mwaba, Peter, Harari, Alexandre, Memish, Z, Harari, A., Cox, Helen, Abubakar, I, Ford, N, Hoelscher, Michael, Chakaya, J, Zijenah, L, Casenghi, M., Grobusch, M P, Casenghi, Martina, McHugh, T D, Marais, B., Weyer, K., Pantaleo, Giuseppe, Schito, Marco, Pletschette, M, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Atun, Rifat, Weyer, K, O'Grady, J., Schwank, S, Mwaba, P., Grobusch, Martin P, Mwaba, P, Casenghi, M, Lawn, S., Zijenah, L., Ditui, Lucica, Cox, H., Pantaleo, G, Kim, P S, Schito, M, Weyer, Karin, O'Grady, Justin, Atun, R, Kim, Peter S, Harari, A, Abubakar, I., Zijenah, Lynn, Bates, Matthew, Memish, Ziad, Cox, H, Pletschette, M., Memish, Z., Schwank, S., Squire, S Bertel, Migliori, G.B., Ditui, L., McNerney, Ruth, Hoelscher, M., McHugh, T.D., Bates, M., Swaminathan, Soumya, Marais, Ben, Maeurer, Markus, Pantaleo, G., Zumla, A., Maeurer, M, Swaminathan, S, Kim, Peter S., Ditui, L, Hoelscher, M, Squire, S.B., Chakaya, Jeremiah, Ford, N., Zumla, Alimuddin, Schito, M., Maeurer, M., Swaminathan, S., Atun, R., Grobusch, MP, Mchugh, TD, Chakaya,, J et. al, Maeurer, M,   +99 more
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Association between hematological inflammatory markers and latent TB infection: insights from NHANES 2011–2012 and transcriptomic data

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundLatent tuberculosis infection affects about one-quarter of the global population and can progress to active tuberculosis. Hematological inflammatory markers, such as the systemic immune-inflammation index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio ...
Yang Liu, Chunyan He, He Zhao, Weiyao Zhong, Shihua Sun, Zhuo Li, Jingwei Shi   +6 more
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Characterization of CD8 T cell responses in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection [PDF]

, 2011
The aim of this project was to compare the breadth and magnitude of CFP10 and ESAT6-specific CD8 T cell responses in individuals with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection (LTBI) and active TB disease, and further define MTB-specific CD8 T ...
Moshi, Noell Dominika
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Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In 2018, there were 70.8 million refugees, asylum seekers and persons displaced by wars and conflicts worldwide. Many of these individuals face a high risk for tuberculosis in their country of origin, which may be accentuated by adverse ...
Raquel Proença, Fernanda Mattos Souza, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, R. Caetano, J. Braga, E. Faerstein, A. Trajman   +6 more
semanticscholar   +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
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The use of anti-tuberculosis therapy for latent TB infection [PDF]

, 2010
Justin T Denholm1,2, Emma S McBryde1,21Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Medicine, (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaAbstract: Tuberculosis ...
Denholm, Justin T., McBryde, ES, Emma S McBryde, Justin T Denholm, McBryde, Emma S., Denholm, JT, Justin Denholm   +6 more
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Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis, a Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of a Rare and Underdiagnosed Disease

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SPD), or Sneddon–Wilkinson disease, is a rare, relapsing pustular skin condition of unknown cause, characterised by subcorneal pustules. Objectives To summarise the demographic, clinical, histopathological, management and disease course of SPD.
Mason H. Crossman, Jeffrey Weng, Alysha Vuong, Lawrence Lin, Zhao Feng Liu, Christopher Y. Chew   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source