TUBERCULIN DIAGNOSTICS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
Tuberculin diagnostics — is a diagnostic method of detection of specific sensitization to Mycobactrerium tuberculosis (MBT). It is used as a specific test during mass population screening on tuberculosis (mass tuberculin diagnostics) and for individual ...
N. M. Koretskaya
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Analysis Factor Associated Tuberculin Test in Children Contact Tuberculosis History [PDF]
Tuberculosis in children can not be separated from the history of contact with smear-positive tuberculosis patients as a source of infection. The aims of this study was to identify and analyze the risks tuberculin test results among children who had ...
Tika Triharinni +1 more
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Development and evaluation of a formaldehyde-stabilized tuberculin as a safe and potent alternative to phenol-based purified protein derivative for the diagnosis of animal tuberculosis [PDF]
Background and Aim: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant zoonotic threat to livestock and public health, resulting in major economic losses.
Kairat Turgenbayev +5 more
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Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among BCG-immunised Ugandan children by T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin testing. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Children with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) represent a huge reservoir for future disease. We wished to determine Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection prevalence among BCG-immunised five-year-old children in Entebbe, Uganda, but
Webb, Emily L +35 more
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Transcriptional profiling of innate and adaptive human immune responses to mycobacteria in the tuberculin skin test [PDF]
The tuberculin skin test (TST) is a model of integrated innate and adaptive human immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the component processes that are involved in this model have not previously been defined in vivo.
Tsang, Jhen +30 more
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Association Between Smoking and Tuberculosis Infection: A Population Survey in a High Tuberculosis Incidence Area [PDF]
Associations between smoking and tuberculosis disease including death from tuberculosis have been reported, but there are few reports on the influence of smoking on the risk of developing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The aim of this study was to
Beyers, N. +20 more
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This report reviews clinical cases, and their possible causes of unexpected local and systemic adverse effects associated with a novel skin test using recombinant tuberculosis allergen (RTA, Diaskintest) in 2—11 years old children.
V. N. Kryvohizh, A. M. Korolyuk
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Situação da tuberculose em ovinos consorciados com bovinos leiteiros na região sudoeste maranhense
RESUMO: Objetivando conhecer a situação da tuberculose ovina no Maranhão, avaliaram-se 343 ovinos da região sudoeste do estado, 247 fêmeas e 96 machos, com idade acima de 6 meses, por meio do teste cervical comparativo (TCC), com inoculação de ...
Rosiane de Jesus Barros +5 more
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Tuberculin reactivity in schoolchildren, Kassala State, Sudan
Background: Tuberculin skin test (TST) is widely used for the assessment of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine efficacy and screening of latent TB infection (LTBI). Poor or no data are available on the reactivity of tuberculin in Kassala State.
Fatima Abbas Khalid +3 more
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Actual bovine tuberculosis situation in the Republic of Dagestan
Lack of statistical data and inconsistences in science and practice make it impossible to give at least approximate tuberculosis prevalence rates in the Republic of Dagestan. Every year the number of tuberculin reacting animals is increasing. For example
M. O. Baratov, P. S. Huseynova
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