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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis in homeless persons: A single-centre cross-sectional study, Germany.

PLoS ONE, 2019
PURPOSE:Homeless persons have a high risk for tuberculosis. The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and the risk for a progression to active tuberculosis is higher in the homeless than in the general population.
Friederike von Streit, Christoph Bartels, Thorsten Kuczius, Christoph Cassier, Joachim Gardemann, Frieder Schaumburg   +5 more
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Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Microbiology Spectrum, 2017
ABSTRACT For 2015, tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the United States has plateaued at 3.0 per 100,000. This remains the lowest case rate since recording started. On the global level, although the TB epidemic is larger than previously estimated, TB deaths and incidence rate continue to fall.
Alfred A, Lardizabal, Lee B, Reichman
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Uloga testova otpuštanja interferona gama u nadzoru nad tuberkulozom [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis is still one of the major global public health threats. Countries with low incidence must focus on exhausting the reservoir of future cases by preventing reactivation.
A Detjen, A Dyrhol-Riise, A Jurčev-Savičević, A Lalvani, A Mandalakas, A Naseer, A Nienhaus, A Pooran, A Seidler, A Veerapathran, A Zwerling, Anamarija Jurčev-Savičević, B Bergamini, B Linas, C Baker, C Denkinger, C Lange, C Lange, D Dosanjh, D Goletti, D Menzies, D Tripodi, E Bruzzese, E Kim, F Piana, F Ringshausen, G Mazurek, H Igari, H Rieder, I Pavić, Ivan Gudelj, J Broekmans, J Choi, J Lighter, J Torres Costa, J Torres Costa, K Ewer, K Higuchi, Kornelija Miše, M Madariaga, M Pai, M Pai, M Pai, M Pai, M Pai, M Pai, M Pai, M Sester, N Harada, R Diel, R Diel, R Diel, R Diel, R Diel, R Diel, R Van Zyl-Smit, S Lee, S Perry, T Connell, T. Mori, U Mack, Vera Katalinić-Janković, Y Kobashi   +62 more
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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

Mechanisms of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection due to SIV co-infection.

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019
HIV is a major driver of Tuberculosis (TB) reactivation. Depletion of CD4+ T cells is assumed to be the basis behind TB reactivation in individuals with latent tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Allison N. Bucşan, Ayan Chatterjee, D. Singh, Taylor W. Foreman, Tae-Hyung Lee, Breanna M. Threeton, Melanie G. Kirkpatrick, Mushtaq Ahmed, Nadia A Golden, X. Alvarez, J. Hoxie, S. Mehra, Jyothi Rengarajan, S. Khader, D. Kaushal   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Safety of Interleukin Inhibitors in Psoriatic Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection Without Chemoprophylaxis: A Systematic Review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Current guidelines recommend psoriatic patients with latent tuberculosis infection undergo chemoprophylaxis prior to initiating any biologic. However, clinical studies indicate that interleukin (IL) inhibitors may not increase the risk of tuberculosis ...
Jiaying Li, Xin Xiang, Zhaoyang Wang, Chaoyang Miao, Yunliu Chen, Zigang Xu   +5 more
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Immunological assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection at the beginning of 21st century [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2010
A subject infected by tubercle bacilli may immediately develop the disease (primary tuberculosis), witch occurs in a few number of infected persons, or may overcome the primary infection (a latent carrier of the infection).
Kašiković-Lečić Svetlana, Pavlović Slobodan, Kuruc Vesna, Ilić Miroslav   +3 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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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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Gene expression in peripheral blood cells for differentiation of active and latent tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The objective: to analyze the expression of certain genes in the blood cells of children and adolescence to differentiate the active and latent phases of tuberculosis infection.Subjects and methods.
A. A. Elov, M. A. Vladimirskiy, S. V. Smerdin, O. I. Elufimova   +3 more
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