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Safety and immunogenicity of a new tuberculosis vaccine, MVA85A, in mycobacterium tuberculosis–infected individuals [PDF]

, 2009
Copyright © 2009 by the American Thoracic Society.Rationale: An effective new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine regimen must be safe in individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI) and is a priority for global health care.
Beveridge, NER, Alder, N, Davies, RJ, Minassian, A, Hill, Adrian, Beveridge, NE, Gleeson, FV, Pasvol, G, Hill, AVS, Mcshane, Helen, Davies, RJO, Van Wijgerden, J, Gleeson, Fergus, Poulton, I, Sander, CR, Pathan, AA, McShane, H, Hill, AV   +17 more
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Utility of newer technologies for the diagnosis of active and latent tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-109).Since the 1800s the tuberculin skin test (TST) has been the only available test for latent tuberculosis (LTBI). Recently, interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) have been developed which are based upon
Cashmore, Tamaryn Jane
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Monitoring CD27 expression to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity in HIV-1 infected individuals in vivo. [PDF]

, 2011
The level of bacterial activity is only poorly defined during asymptomatic Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. The objective was to study the capacity of a new biomarker, the expression of the T cell maturation marker CD27 on MTB-specific CD4 T ...
Geldmacher Christof, Leonard Maboko, Koup Richard A., Andrea Rachow, Njabulo Ngwenyama, Hoelscher, Michael, Rachow, Andrea, Geldmacher, Christof, Klaus Reither, Michael Hoelscher, Koup, Richard A., Schuetz, Alexandra, Hoelscher Michael, Haule, Antelmo, Koup, Richard A, Ngwenyama, Njabulo, Antelmo Haule, Reither, Klaus, Alexandra Schuetz, Richard A. Koup, Haule Antelmo, Andreas Meyerhans, Schuetz Alexandra, Christof Geldmacher, Maboko Leonard, Rachow Andrea, Reither Klaus, Meyerhans Andreas, Maboko, Leonard, Richard A Koup, Ngwenyama Njabulo, Meyerhans, Andreas   +31 more
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Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening. [PDF]

, 2013
In resource-constrained settings, tuberculosis (TB) is a common opportunistic infection and cause of death in HIV-infected persons. TB may be present at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but it is often under-diagnosed. We describe approaches to
Samuel Ajayi, Ballif, M, Gnokoro, Joachim Charles, Claire Graber (473716), Charlotte Lewden, Sued, O, Cortés Moncada, Claudia, Gabriela Carriquiry, Ballif, Marie, Gnokoro Joachim Charles, Egger, M, Garone Daniela, International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate Aids,, Marie Ballif, Eefje Jong, Matthias Egger (24558), Lewden, C, Kiertiburanakul, Sasisopin, Joachim Charles Gnokoro (473721), Kiertiburanakul, S, Omar Sued (132831), Carriquiry, Gabriela, Carriquiry Gabriela, Wools-Kaloustian Kara, Lewden, Charlotte, Charlotte Lewden (330442), Jean Claude Dusingize (473718), Lameck Diero, Lameck Diero (473722), Kathryn Anastos, Cortes Claudia P., Daniela Garone, International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), Ballif Marie, Sterling, T R, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Fenner Lukas, Nicolas Durier (326615), Durier, N, Nicolas Durier, Timothy R Sterling, Carriquiry, G, Daniela Garone (383442), Barbara Castelnuovo, Lukas Fenner (149822), Sterling, Timothy R, Gabriela Carriquiry (199604), Jong Eefje, Cortes, C P, Anastos, Kathryn, Dusingize, J C, Barbara Castelnuovo (10700), Jong, E, Diero, L, Joachim Charles Gnokoro, Venerandah Nhandu (473717), Ajayi, Samuel, Kiertiburanakul Sasisopin, Garone, D, for the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul (427725), Matthias Egger, Durier, Nicolas, Dusingize, Jean Claude, Nhandu Venerandah, Anastos Kathryn, Kathryn Anastos (119435), Eefje Jong (473720), Durier Nicolas, Castelnuovo Barbara, Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, Sued Omar, Wools-Kaloustian, Kara, Dusingize Jean Claude, Samuel Ajayi (364894), Gnokoro, J C, Castelnuovo, B, Cortes, Claudia P, Kara Wools-Kaloustian (375804), Fenner, Lukas, Cortes, Claudia P., Egger, Matthias, Egger Matthias, Lewden Charlotte, Claudia P. Cortes (473719), Wools-Kaloustian, K, Jong, Eefje, Venerandah Nhandu, Timothy R. Sterling (148936), Diero, Lameck, Sued, Omar, Ajayi Samuel, Lukas Fenner, Omar Sued, Claire Graber, Marie Ballif (368655), Nhandu, Venerandah, Jean Claude Dusingize, Claudia P Cortes, Sterling, Timothy R., Graber, Claire, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Diero Lameck, Graber, C, Anastos, K, Sterling Timothy R., Graber Claire, Nhandu, V, Ajayi, S, Garone, Daniela, Fenner, L   +110 more
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miRNA Signatures in Sera of Patients with Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2013
Several studies showed that assessing levels of specific circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) is a non-invasive, rapid, and accurate method for diagnosing diseases or detecting alterations in physiological conditions.
Matteelli A., Ilaria C. Valente (488271), Valente I. C., Bosu R., Reither K., Valente, Ilaria C., Grace Mwangoka (488270), Aloi, Francesco, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Mwangoka Grace, Valente, Ilaria C, Delia Goletti, Klaus Reither, Roberta Bosu (488273), Grace Mwangoka, Luigi R Codecasa, Norbert Heinrich, Heinrich Norbert, Giovanni Sotgiu (16787), Ambrosi, Alessandro, Ntinginya, Elias N, Daniela M Cirillo, Bosu, Roberta, Miotto Paolo, Aloi Francesco, Goletti D., Ambrosi Alessandro, Klaus Reither (259897), Ntinginya, Elias N., Paolo Miotto (109897), Mwangoka G., Delia Goletti (78635), Miotto, Paolo, Luigi R. Codecasa (488274), Codecasa, Luigi R., Codecasa, Luigi R, Goletti, Delia, Sotgiu Giovanni, Roberta Bosu, Goletti Delia, Elias N Ntinginya, Norbis, Luca, Luca Norbis, Matteelli Alberto, Matteelli, Alberto, Norbis Luca, Sotgiu G., Valente Ilaria C., Aloi F., Alberto Matteelli, Norbert Heinrich (175590), Ambrosi A., Heinrich N., Cirillo D. M., Alessandro Ambrosi, Francesco Aloi (488276), Norbis L., Codecasa Luigi R., Luca Norbis (488272), Codecasa L. R., Reither, Klaus, Ilaria C Valente, Mwangoka, Grace, Cirillo, Daniela M., Heinrich, Norbert, Cirillo, Daniela M, Elias N. Ntinginya (349100), Reither Klaus, Miotto P., Giovanni Sotgiu, Bosu Roberta, Francesco Aloi, Paolo Miotto, Cirillo Daniela M., Alessandro Ambrosi (94298), Ntinginya Elias N., Alberto Matteelli (488275), Daniela M. Cirillo (109923), Ntinginya E. N.   +78 more
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The role of the Interferon gamma release assay in assessing recent tuberculosis transmission in a hospital incident [PDF]

, 2011
In 2007, an extensive contact screening investigation into onward transmission of tuberculosis was instigated at a hospital in Northern Ireland following diagnosis of pulmonary multi-drug resistant TB in a healthcare worker.
Abubakar, Ibrahim, Nikolayevskyy, V, Elizabeth Davies, Abubakar, I, Flanagan, P, Paul Kelly, Davies Elizabeth, Abubakar Ibrahim, O'Connor, K, Vladislav Nikolayevskyy, Davies, E, Nikolayevskyy Vladislav, Bradshaw Louise, Flanagan, Peter, Davies, Elizabeth, Devine, M, Devine, Michael, Kevin O'Connor, Peter Flanagan, Drobniewski, F, Kelly Paul, Nikolayevskyy, Vladislav, Drobniewski, Francis, Ibrahim Abubakar, O'Connor Kevin, O'Connor, Kevin, Louise Bradshaw, Francis Drobniewski, Bradshaw, L, Bradshaw, Louise, Kelly, Paul, Michael Devine, Flanagan Peter, Devine Michael, Kelly, P, Drobniewski Francis   +35 more
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The evolution of covert, silent infection as a parasite strategy [PDF]

, 2009
Many parasites and pathogens cause silent/covert infections in addition to the more obvious infectious disease-causing pathology. Here, we consider how assumptions concerning superinfection, protection and seasonal host birth and transmission rates ...
White, Andrew, Boots, Mike, Pedersen, Amy B., Sorrell, Ian, Hails, Rosemary S., White, A, Sorrell, I, Pedersen, AB, Boots, M, White, Andrew; id_orcid, Hails, RS   +10 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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Maintenance of Sensitivity of the T-SPOT.TB Assay after Overnight Storage of Blood Samples, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Background. T-SPOT.TB is an interferon gamma release assay for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The requirement to process within 8 hours is constraining, deters use, and leads to invalid results. Addition of T Cell Xtend reagent may allow
Matee, M., Mtei, L., Adams, Lisa V, Ferguson, K., Adams, L.V., Matee, Mecky, Talbot, Elizabeth A, Mtei, Lillian, Maro, Isaac, von Reyn, C.F., Ferguson, Katherine, Maro, I., von Reyn, C Fordham, Talbot, E.A.   +13 more
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Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2011
Phagocytosis of tubercle bacilli by antigen-presenting cells in human lung alveoli initiates a complex infection process by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a potentially protective immune response by the host. M.
Suhail Ahmad
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