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Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Nampula Central Hospital, Mozambique

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Healthcare workers in high tuberculosis burdened countries are occupationally exposed to the tuberculosis disease with uncomplicated and complicated tuberculosis on the increase among them.
Celso Belo, Saloshni Naidoo
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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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Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2017
Tuberculosis is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, being one of the most deadly infectious diseases. It is estimated that one of three people from the entire earth population has a latent infection with M tuberculosis.
Balalau, Cristian, Banu, Petrisor, Bratucu, Mircea, Constantin, Vlad D., Popa, Florian, Vladescu, Teodora   +5 more
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Diagnosis for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: New Alternatives

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a subclinical mycobacterial infection defined on the basis of cellular immune response to mycobacterial antigens.
C. Carranza, S. Pedraza-Sánchez, Eleane de Oyarzabal-Mendez, M. Torres   +3 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection among medical students in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Objective: This study aimed to determine prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among medical students and tuberculosis exposure at the health facilities.
Maha Abdullah, Ummi Nadira Daut, Siti Aishah Daud, Nor Afifi Mohd Romli, Marsitah Abdul Jalil, Noorelina Muhammad, Safarina Mohammad Ismuddin, Masriana Hassan   +7 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dormancy: How to Fight a Hidden Danger

Microorganisms, 2022
Both latent and active TB infections are caused by a heterogeneous population of mycobacteria, which includes actively replicating and dormant bacilli in different proportions. Dormancy substantially affects M. tuberculosis drug tolerance and TB clinical
Elena G. Salina, Vadim Makarov
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Differences in reactivation of tuberculosis induced from anti-tnf treatments are based on bioavailability in granulomatous tissue [PDF]

, 2007
The immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is complex. Experimental evidence has revealed that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays a major role in host defense against Mtb in both active and latent phases of infection.
Denise E Kirschner, Dhruv Sud, Dominik Wodarz, Hillarie Plessner, JoAnne L Flynn, John Chan, Philana Ling Lin, Simeone Marino   +7 more
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The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI): currently available tests, future developments, and perspectives to eliminate tuberculosis (TB)

La Medicina del lavoro, 2020
Introduction: Despite great efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health threat worldwide. For decades, TB control programs have focused almost exclusively on infectious TB active cases. However, it is evident that this strategy alone cannot
J. Zellweger, G. Sotgiu, M. Corradi, P. Durando   +3 more
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From Latent Tuberculosis Infection to Tuberculosis. News in Diagnosticsb (QuantiFERON-Plus) [PDF]

Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2017
It is estimated that one third of the world’s population have latent tuberculosis infection and that this is a significant reservoir for future tuberculosis cases. Most cases occur within two years following initial infection. The identification of
Dagmara I. Borkowska, Agnieszka M. Napiórkowska, Sylwia A. Brzezińska, Monika Kozińska, Anna T. Zabost, Ewa M. Augustynowicz-Kopeć   +5 more
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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
Alexandre Harari, Alimuddin Zumla, Armand, Axelsson-Robertson, Banada, Ben Marais, Betsou, Blakemore, Boehme, Boehme, Cattamanchi, Chow, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Diel, Dowdy, Dye, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Ferrara, Giovanni-Batista Migliori, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Green, Harari, Helb, Helen Cox, Hillemann, Hohn, Ibrahim Abubakar, Jeremiah Chakaya, John, Justin O’Grady, Karin Weyer, Keeler, Kemp, Kunnath-Velayudhan, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lemaire, Lin, Ling, Liu, Long, Lucica Ditui, Lynn Zijenah, Mann, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marco Schito, Markus Maeurer, Marlowe, Martin P. Grobusch, Martina Casenghi, Matthew Bates, McNerney, Michael Hoelscher, Michel Pletschette, Minion, Moore, Morris, Mwaba, Nathan Ford, Nathanson, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Nicol, Nicol, Oberhelman, O’Grady, Peter, Peter Mwaba, Peter S. Kim, Rifat Atun, Rose, Ruth McNerney, S. Bertel Squire, Samana Schwank, Sester, Shah, Soumya Swaminathan, Squire, Squire, Steingart, Steingart, Steingart, Steve Lawn, Storla, Temple, Theron, Timothy D. Mchugh, Treatment Action Group, Tully, Vadwai, Van Rie, van Wyk, Wallis, Walzl, Weyer, Wilson, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Wright, Wright, Zar, Ziad Memish, Zumla, Zumla   +118 more
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