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Immunotherapy in viral warts with intradermal Bacillus Calmette–Guerin vaccine versus intradermal tuberculin purified protein derivative: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness and safety in a tertiary care center in Eastern India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2017
Background: Current therapeutic modalities for viral warts are mostly ablative and are limited by high recurrence rates besides being unsuitable for numerous lesions. Immunotherapy has the potential to overcome these limitations.
I. Podder, S. Bhattacharya, V. Mishra, T. Sarkar, Somodyuti Chandra, A. Sil, Santasmita Pal, Dhiraj Kumar, Abanti Saha, Koushik Shome, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Das   +11 more
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Latent Tuberculosis among Pregnant Mothers in a Resource Poor Setting in Northern Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

, 2010
Untreated latent TB infection (LTBI) is a significant risk factor for active pulmonary tuberculosis, hence predisposing to adverse pregnancy outcomes and mother to child transmission. The prevalence of latent tuberculosis in pregnancy and its association,
Karim P Manji, Chagani, M.M., Mpembeni, Rose M, Manji, Mohamed P, Jusabani, Ahmed M, Taha S Karimjee, Jusabani, A.M., Chagani, Mohamedsuhel M, Jusabani, Ahmed, Manji, Karim P, Alwani, Zaheerabbas R, Mohamed P Manji, Zaheerabbas R Alwani, Karimjee, Taha S, Mpembeni Rose M, Chagani Mohamedsuhel M, Manji, M.P., Mohamedsuhel M Chagani, Sheriff, Faheem G, Karimjee Taha S, Manji, K.P., Jusabani Ahmed M, Manji Karim P, Alwani, Z.R., Manji Mohamed P, Mpembeni, R.M., Faheem G Sheriff, Rose M Mpembeni, Alwani, Zaheerabbas A, Sheriff, F.G., Alwani Zaheerabbas R, Sheriff Faheem G, Karimjee, T.S., Ahmed M Jusabani   +33 more
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Exploring the Fate of Cattle Herds With Inconclusive Reactors to the Tuberculin Skin Test

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test, which compares immunological ...
Lucy A. Brunton, Alison Prosser, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Sara H. Downs   +4 more
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Tuberculin purified protein derivative immunotherapy in the treatment of viral warts

, 2016
Introduction: Viral warts are caused by human papillomavirus. Although various treatment modalities are available, many of them result in the partial clearance of warts or recurrence. Immunotherapy has been tried in the recent times with variable success
Ajay Nimbalkar, S. Pande, Ramesh C. Sharma, M. Borkar   +3 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic debilitating disease and is a cause of morbidity and mortality in livestock, wildlife and humans. This study estimated the prevalence and risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis transmission in ...
Matee, Mecky I., Helden, P., Godfrey-Faussett, P, Kibiki, Gibson S, Mbugi, E. V., Esron D Karimuribo, Anita L Michel, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Michel, Anita L, Kendall, S, Godfrey-Faussett, P., Kazwala, R R, Mbugi, Erasto V., Julius D Keyyu, Michel, Anita Luise, Kazwala, Rudovick R, Karimuribo, E D, Kendall, Sharon, Sharon Kendall, Katale, Bugwesa Z., Mbugi, E V, Karimuribo, Esron D., Kendall, Sharon L., Katale, B. Z., Rudovick R Kazwala, Michel, A. L., van Helden, Paul, Kibiki, Gibson S., Keyyu, Julius D, Katale, Bugwesa Z, Kendall, S., Karimuribo, Esron D, Michel, A L, Michel, Anita L., Kazwala, R. R., Mecky I Matee, Kazwala, Rudovick R., Kibiki, G S, Matee, M I, Keyyu, J D, Matee, Mecky I, Mbugi, Erasto V, Matee, M., van Helden, P, Keyyu, J. D., Bugwesa Z Katale, Paul van Helden, Van Helden, Paul David, Erasto V Mbugi, Kibiki, G. S., Katale, B Z, Keyyu, Julius D., Gibson S Kibiki, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Karimuribo, E. D.   +54 more
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Scar formation and tuberculin conversion following BCG vaccination in infants: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2015
Background: There is considerable variation in BCG scar failure rate on available data and correlation between BCG scar and tuberculin conversion remains controversial.
S. Dhanawade, Suhas G. Kumbhar, A. Gore, Vijay Patil   +3 more
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Evidence for genetic variance in resistance to tuberculosis in Great Britain and Irish Holstein-Friesian populations [PDF]

, 2011
peer-reviewedBackground: Here, we jointly summarise scientific evidence for genetic variation in resistance to infection with Mycobacterium bovis, the primary agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), provided by two recent and separate studies of Holstein ...
Downs, S. H., Mike Coffey, Andy P Mitchell, Bermingham, Mairead Lesley, White, Ian MS, Donagh P Berry, Bermingham, Mairead L, Downs Sara H, Stephen C Bishop, More, Simon J, Glass, Elizabeth, Woolliams, John, Cromie Andrew R, Simon J More, White, Ian, Isabella M Higgins, Bermingham Mairead L, Susan Brotherstone, M Higgans, I, Andrew R Cromie, More Simon J, Berry Donagh P, Berry, Donagh P., Good, Margaret, More, Simon, John A Woolliams, Mitchell Andy P, Richard S Clifton-Hadley, Mairead L Bermingham, et al., Glass Elizabeth J, Sara H Downs, Mitchell, Andy P, Woolliams John A, Coffey, M. P., Clifton-Hadley, R. S., Bishop Stephen C, Clifton-Hadley, Richard S, Coffey Mike, Higgins Isabella M, Good, M, Bermingham, Mairead L., Coffey, Mike P., Ian MS White, Cromie, A, Brotherstone, Susan, Higgins, Isabella, Cromie, A. R., White Ian MS, Elizabeth J Glass, Margaret Good, Mitchell, A. P., Bishop, Stephen, Good Margaret, Downs, Sara H, Bishop, Stephen C, Glass, Elizabeth J, P Berry, Donagh, Clifton-Hadley Richard S, Brotherstone Susan, Berry, Donagh, Woolliams, John A   +61 more
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The Chemical Composition of the Active Principle of Tuberculin

Journal of Immunology, 1928
“Although the antigenic capacity of a protein depends on the entire large colloidal molecular structure, its specificity seems to reside in certain of the radicals of the molecule.” That this summarizing statement made by Wells (1) can be applied to ...
J. Lewis, F. Seibert
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Tuberculin sensitivity among inmates of children’s home [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Tuberculin sensitivity and its relationship to nutritional status in inmates of children's home.Methods: Tuberculin sensitivity was checked in 180 apparently healthy orphan children and its relationship with nutritional status, previous ...
Jayamala R., Usha Kiran C. B., Sowmya J.
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Optimization of a molecularly defined tuberculin formulation: recombinant fusion proteins and epitope surgery

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Bovine tuberculosis is an infectious livestock disease of global economic and zoonotic importance. Surveillance programs are largely dependent on the skin test that utilizes purified protein derivatives (PPDs) of tuberculin.
Sonya Middleton, Mahavir Singh, Michael Coad, Si Palmer, Tom Holder, Sabine Steinbach, Rebecca Hardiman, H. Martin Vordermeier, Gareth J. Jones   +8 more
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