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Positivity rate of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus test among candidates for biotherapy and factors influencing results

SAGE Open Medicine
Background: Latent tuberculosis infection, an infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis , affects one-quarter of the world’s population. The World Health Organization recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection in at-risk populations to ...
Hanane Mezenner, Hiba Ait Hamoudi, Soumia Naamoune, Meriem Abbadi, Meriem Khedimallah, Kafia Belhocine, Samira Zobiri, Yanis Meddour, Samia Taright, Sofiane Samir Salah   +9 more
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Assessment of Knowledge and Preventive Practices on Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Nursing staff at a Tertiary Care Centre at Goa [PDF]

Healthline
Introduction: Latent tuberculosis infection presents with no symptoms. All nursing staff who work closely with patients must possess the appropriate knowledge and follow the right preventive practices to avoid latent tuberculosis infection.
Aswin V.C., Vanita G. Pinto Da Silva, Sandeep Patnaik, Apoorva Hallur, Yamesh Vidyadhar Tari   +4 more
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Attenuation of toll-like receptor expression and function in latent tuberculosis by coexistent filarial infection with restoration following antifilarial chemotherapy. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and filarial coinfection is highly prevalent, and the presence of filarial infections may regulate the Toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent immune response needed to control Mtb infection.
Subash Babu, Sajid Q Bhat, N Pavan Kumar, R Anuradha, Paul Kumaran, P G Gopi, C Kolappan, V Kumaraswami, Thomas B Nutman   +8 more
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Guselkumab Safety in Patients With Latent Tuberculosis: Analysis of 11 Studies in Psoriatic Disease

The Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain psoriatic disease treatments, including tumor necrosis factor‐α inhibitors (TNFi), increase tuberculosis (TB) risk. Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) before initiating systemic therapy has been standard practice for psoriasis (PsO) patients; however, updated consensus states routine testing is not required before initiating ...
Luis Puig, Tsen‐Fang Tsai, Enrique R. Soriano, Tina Bhutani, Megan Miller, Alexa P. Kollmeier, Shu Li, Hewei Li, Sarah Ofori, Jeffrey Pawlikowski, Elizabeth Adamson, Melinda Gooderham, Angela Londoño Garcia, Mark Lebwohl, Peter Nash   +14 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype. [PDF]

, 2003
Molecular epidemiologic studies of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are currently conducted worldwide. The genetically distinct Beijing family of strains has been associated with large outbreaks of tuberculosis, increased virulence, and multidrug ...
Lillebaek, Troels, Judith R. Glynn, Andersen, Åse B., Troels Lillebaek, Glynn, Judith R., Kremer, Kristin, Åse B. Andersen, Asger Dirksen, Kristin Kremer, Andersen, Ase B, Glynn, Judith R, Dirksen, Asger   +11 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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Latent and Active Tuberculosis Infection Increase Immune Activation in Individuals Co-Infected with HIV

EBioMedicine, 2015
In recent years, chronic immune activation and systemic inflammation have emerged as hallmarks of HIV disease progression and mortality. Several studies indicate that soluble inflammatory biomarkers (sCD14, IL-6, IL-8, CRP and hyaluronic acid), as well ...
Zuri A. Sullivan, Emily B. Wong, Thumbi Ndung'u, Victoria O. Kasprowicz, William R. Bishai   +4 more
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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
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection Diagnosis and Treatment

, 2021
This book chapter provides an overview over the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing and treatment. It provides details of the currently available immunological diagnostic tests, as well as LTBI treatment, referring to the best available evidence
Alberto Matteelli, Altass, L, Matteelli, A, Judith Bruchfeld, Zenner, D, Lynn Altass, Dominik Zenner, Bruchfeld, J, Kunst, H, Heinke Kunst   +9 more
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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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