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Evaluation of TST/C-TST combination for latent tuberculosis infection screening: diagnostic performance and cost-effectiveness compared to TST/IGRAs [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) are characterized by their complexity and reliance on specific instrumentation. The recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) fusion protein skin test (C-TST) utilizes the same MTB fusion protein ...
Xin Zhang, Lirong Mao, Renkun Nie, Donglin Guo, Yue Su, Ruilan Wang, Enjun Dong, Yanhui Nie, Hongjuan An, Hengliang Lv, Feng Liu, Zhi Chen, Yuanyong Xu, Jingli Du   +13 more
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Haemorrhoidal artery ligation compared to alternative surgical techniques for the treatment of grade II-IV haemorrhoids: A systematic review

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2023
Background. Haemorrhoidal disease is a common disorder in the Western World that commonly requires surgical treatment, but original open techniques were associated with significant complications and pain.
Dayna van de Hoef, Aisling Hogan
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Comparison of interferon gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in psoriasis patients planned for systemic therapy

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2022
Background: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a common yet difficult problem to diagnose in tuberculosis endemic countries. Both tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) are used for the diagnosis of LTBI.
Shekhar Neema, Sunmeet Sandhu, Sweta Mukherjee, Deepak Vashisht, Senkadir Vendhan, Anwita Sinha, Biju Vasudevan   +6 more
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A Novel Rapid Test to Detect Anti-SARS-CoV-2 N Protein IgG Based on Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave (SH-SAW)

Diagnostics, 2021
Since the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, many methods have been used to detect antigens or antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including viral culture, nucleic acid test, and immunoassay ...
Yu-Chi Peng, Chia-Hsuan Cheng, Hiromi Yatsuda, Szu-Heng Liu, Shih-Jen Liu, Takashi Kogai, Chen-Yen Kuo, Robert Y. L. Wang   +7 more
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Tuberculosis preventive therapy – Clinical practice issues

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2023
Latent tuberculosis (LTB) is now termed as tuberculosis infection (TBI). Prevention of active TB disease by treatment of tuberculosis infection is a critical component of the National Strategic Plan 2017-25 for TB Elimination in India by 2025 ...
Aloke Gopal Ghoshal, Supriya Sarkar, Arup Kumar Halder, Aparup Dhua, Chandra Sekhar Das, Parthajit Das, Abhra Chandra Chowdhury, Sanjay Kumar Daulat Thakur, Anindya Kishore Majumder   +8 more
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A OIT e o “contrato social”: a importância de trabalhar por um futuro melhor

Pensar, 2020
O presente artigo aborda de forma proeminente o histórico documento da OIT, divulgado em seu centenário. Intitulado “trabalhar por um futuro melhor”, procura-se avaliar o atual momento histórico, com o avanço tecnológico e concentração de riqueza, ao ...
Kátia Magalhães Arruda
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The Association Between Onset of Staphylococcal Non-menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome With Inducibility of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 Production

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome (non-mTSS) is a life-threatening disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains producing superantigens, such as staphylococcal enterotoxins A, B, C, and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1).
Yusuke Taki, Yusuke Taki, Shinya Watanabe, Yusuke Sato’o, Xin-Ee Tan, Hisaya K. Ono, Kotaro Kiga, Yoshifumi Aiba, Teppei Sasahara, Aa Haeruman Azam, Kanate Thitiananpakorn, Srivani Veeranarayanan, Feng-Yu Li, Yuancheng Zhang, Tomofumi Kawaguchi, Sarah Hossain, Maniruzzaman, Dong-Liang Hu, Longzhu Cui   +18 more
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Measurements of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Levels after Vaccination Using a SH-SAW Biosensor

Biosensors, 2022
To prevent the COVID-19 pandemic that threatens human health, vaccination has become a useful and necessary tool in the response to the pandemic. The vaccine not only induces antibodies in the body, but may also cause adverse effects such as fatigue ...
Chia-Hsuan Cheng, Yu-Chi Peng, Shu-Min Lin, Hiromi Yatsuda, Szu-Heng Liu, Shih-Jen Liu, Chen-Yen Kuo, Robert Y. L. Wang   +7 more
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The Height of List-tries and TST [PDF]

Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, 2007
We characterize the asymptotics of heights of the trees of de la Briandais and the ternary search trees (TST) of Bentley and Sedgewick. Our proof is based on a new analysis of the structure of tries that distinguishes the bulk of the tree, called the ...
N. Broutin, L. Devroye
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Nematode control in suckler beef cattle over their first two grazing seasons using a targeted selective treatment approach [PDF]

, 2015
peer-reviewedBackground With concerns over the development of anthelmintic resistance in cattle nematode populations, we must re-examine our approach to nematode control in cattle.
Barrett, Damien, Crosson, Paul, de Waal, Theo, Doherty, Michael L., Earley, Bernadette, Mee, John F, O'Shaughnessy, James   +6 more
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