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An Overview of the Health Profile of Syrian Refugees Arriving in Kentucky from 2012-2017 [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The civil unrest in Syria has led to millions of displaced Syrians. The United States has relocated over 15,000 Syrian refugees, mostly arriving since 2015.
Calderon, Camila, Rominger, Annie
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Comparative evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube plus for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among adolescents in China

BMC Public Health
Summary To our knowledge, this is the first head-to-head study to evaluate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube, ESAT6-CFP10, and tuberculin skin test among adolescents.
Peng Lu, Leonardo Martinez, Hao Xue, Qiao Liu, Xiaoyan Ding, Jingjing Pan, Hui Ding, Wei Lu, Limei Zhu, Jiangming Wang   +9 more
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Community and Universal Testing for TB among close contacts of microbiologically confirmed pulmonary TB patients in two high TB burden countries: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised control trial [PDF]

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) symptom screening and testing using either smear microscopy or GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) have been the mainstay for diagnosing TB disease in case finding.
Charalambous, S, Copas, A, Hamada, Y, Kubeka, G, Lalashowi, J, Lönnroth, K, Matete, M, Minja, LT, Moyo, M, Mudzengi, D, Mukora, R, Nielson, T, Niemann, S, Ntinginya, EN, Ntshiqa, T, Rangaka, M, Sabi, I, Stender, S, Tsope, L, Velen, K   +19 more
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Experiences from Ukraine in expanding TB infection diagnosis and treatment, including for drug-resistant TB. [PDF]

IJTLD Open
Shukatka V, Skoklyuk L, Germanovych M, Bogdanov A, Ivanenko T, Zherebko N, Klinkenberg E, Dravniece G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluation of a Fluorescence Immunoassay-Based IGRA for Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis: A Simplified, Cost-Effective Alternative. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Uddin MKM, Mahmud AR, Rupa AA, Islam A, Oishi JF, Ferdous J, Nasrin R, Rahman SMM, Kabir S, Ahmed S, Banu S.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tuberculosis infection tests for contact screening in Brazil: a cost-effectiveness analysis. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Souza F, Steffen R, Pinto M, Nascimento do Prado T, Kritski AL, Trajman A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diagnostic utility of quantitative interferon-gamma release assays in elderly patients with tuberculosis. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Mutoh Y, Minato Y, Kawamoto Y, Hanai S, Umemura T, Suzuki H, Nishina Y, Hiramitsu K, Ichihara S, Hagimoto S, Fukihara J, Sasano H, Kataoka K, Kimura T, Doi Y.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Response to the letter regarding Agreement and systematic bias between QuantiFERON chemiluminescent immunoassay and QuantiFERON enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

IJID Reg
Jonani B, Bongomin F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Improving Tuberculosis Treatment [PDF]

, 2021
Pieterman, Elise
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Diagnostic accuracy and safety of Diaskintest^® compared with the tuberculin skin test for detecting tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated Brazilian adults. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Kritski A, Conceição C, Oliveira M, Dalvi APR, Cordeiro-Santos M, Moreira AR, Lopes A, Ruffino R, Rodrigues L, Mesquita E, Cardozo SV, Pereira MJF, Sakabe S, Trajman A, Bhering M.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source