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A Systematic Review on TST and IGRA Tests Used for Diagnosis of LTBI in Immigrants

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2015
High immigration rates from tuberculosis (TB) endemic countries to low-incidence countries have caused new TB guidelines in these countries to reconsider latent TB infection (LTBI) screening in these immigrants.We performed a systematic review with the primary outcome of evaluating the number of cases recommended LTBI treatment with the tuberculin skin
Jonathon R Campbell, Fawziah Marra
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Policies and practices on the programmatic management of LTBI: a survey in the African Region

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018
Although the management of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) is a core component of the End TB Strategy, there is limited information about the status of implementation of such interventions in most African countries.A web-based survey involving the 47 countries of the African Region was conducted between November 2016 and April 2017.The ...
Giorgia Sulis, Alberto Matteelli, Matteelli A   +2 more
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The Global Expansion of LTBI Screening and Treatment Programs: Exploring Gaps in the Supporting Economic Evidence

Pathogens, 2023
The global burden of latent TB infection (LTBI) and the progression of LTBI to active TB disease are important drivers of ongoing TB incidence. Addressing LTBI through screening and TB preventive treatment (TPT) is critical in order to end the TB ...
Suvesh Shrestha, Alice Zwerling
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and tuberculosis (TB) together impose a high disease burden in terms of both mortality and health economics worldwide.
Rosnani Zakaria, Md Asiful Islam, Lili Husniati Yaacob   +2 more
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WHO Issues New Guidelines for LTBI

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 2018
M J Friedrich
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific cytokine biomarkers to differentiate active TB and LTBI: A systematic review

Journal of Infection, 2020
OBJECTIVES New tests are needed to overcome the limitations of existing immunodiagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) infection, including their inability to differentiate between active TB and latent TB infection (LTBI). This review aimed to identify the
Vanessa Clifford, Nicole L Messina, Rinn Song   +2 more
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Combined analysis of host IFN-γ, IL-2 and IP-10 as potential LTBI biomarkers in ESAT-6/CFP-10 stimulated blood

Frontiers in Molecular Medicine
Background: Accurate diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infected (LTBI) individuals is important in identifying individuals at risk of developing active tuberculosis.
Hlumani Ndlovu, Timothy D Mchugh, Mohlopheni J Marakalala   +2 more
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Integrated Care for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) at a Primary Health Care Facility for Refugees in Winnipeg, Canada: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Although Canada has one of the lowest tuberculosis incidence rates in the world, certain groups are disproportionately affected, including foreign born people from high incidence countries.
Dione Benjumea-Bedoya, Marissa Becker, Margaret Haworth-Brockman   +2 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) and Its Potential Targets: An Investigation into Dormant Phase Pathogens

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2019
One-third of the world's population harbours the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with a lifetime risk of reactivation. Although the treatment of LTBI relies significantly upon first-line therapy, identification of novel drug targets and therapies ...
Gopichand Gutti, Sushil Kumar Singh
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