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A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Ghana has not conducted a national tuberculin survey or tuberculosis prevalence survey since the establishment of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme.
Bonsu Christian, Hesse Adukwei, Mensah Gloria, van den Hof Susan, Addo Kennedy, Koram Kwadwo, Afutu Felix, Bonsu Frank   +7 more
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Tuberculin skin test surveys and the Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection in school children in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Tuberculin skin test surveys in primary school children can be used to quantify Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission at community level. KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, is home to 11.5 million people and suffers a burden of tuberculosis disease ...
Tom A Yates, Siphiwe Cebekhulu, Mumsy Mthethwa, P Bernard Fourie, Marie-Louise Newell, Ibrahim Abubakar, Frank Tanser   +6 more
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Skin thickness affects the result of tuberculin skin test in systemic sclerosis [PDF]

BMC Rheumatology, 2022
Background Skin thickness is a prominent clinical feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), but there is no consensus on the cut-off for a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) size and the limitation of the TST for a diagnosis of tuberculosis in SSc.
Apichart So-ngern, Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh, Siraphop Suwannaroj, Ratanavadee Nanagara, Chingching Foocharoen   +4 more
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Serial testing of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with diabetes mellitus using interferon-gamma release assay, tuberculin skin test, and creation tuberculin skin test [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) patients with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) have an increased risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) due to impaired immunity.
Yijun He, Xuefang Cao, Tonglei Guo, Yongpeng He, Ying Du, Haoran Zhang, Boxuan Feng, Jiang Du, Bin Zhang, Kun Wang, Jiaoxia Yan, Dakuan Wang, Zisen Liu, Shouguo Pan, Henan Xin, Lei Gao   +15 more
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Future direction of tuberculin skin test: Integration of telemedicine for test reading [PDF]

Digital Health
Objective The Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) remains an important tool for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection (TBI), including in patients receiving immunomodulatory therapies.
Nilufer Yigit, Meryem Sanlıalp, Hande Senol, Nazlı Cetin, Goksel Altınısık   +4 more
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TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING SURVAY

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1976
The tuberculin skin test is the most effective means for detecting tuberculosis. Therefore, it is an essential tool in epidemiological surveys for control and ultimate eradication of tuberculosis.
J. Feiz, M. Miralai, F. Sohrabi   +2 more
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Performance and correlation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold, T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin test in young children with tuberculosis exposure or tuberculosis disease

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the performance of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccinated young children.
Keswadee Lapphra, Paninun Srinuchasart, Sansnee Senawong, Utane Rungpanich, Pinklow Umrod, Alan Maleesatharn, Nantaka Kongstan, Watcharee Lermankul, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit   +8 more
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Temporal dynamics of intradermal cytokine response to tuberculin in Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated cattle using sampling microneedles

Scientific Reports, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease of livestock with severe and worldwide economic, animal welfare and zoonotic consequences. Application of test-and-slaughter-based control polices reliant on tuberculin skin testing has been the mainstay of bTB ...
Sabine Steinbach, Sasan Jalili-Firoozinezhad, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Mariane B. Melo, Sonya Middleton, Timm Konold, Michael Coad, Paula T. Hammond, Darrell J. Irvine, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur   +10 more
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Prevalence of tuberculosis in migrant children in Switzerland and relevance of current screening guidelines

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS Since 2016, Swiss guidelines recommend screening of all migrant children
Myriam Boukamel, Yves Fougère, Mario Gehri, Joan Carles Suris, Isabelle Rochat, Damien Miletto, Spyridoula Kyrilli, Athina Fouriki, Pierre Alex Crisinel   +8 more
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Performance and correlation of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in HIV-infected children and adolescents with immune reconstitution

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the performance of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in HIV-infected children and adolescents with immune reconstitution.
Keswadee Lapphra, Rati Diwitaya, Sansnee Senawong, Maneeprang Thovarabha, Parnwas Pinnobphun, Alan Maleesatharn, Nantaka Kongstan, Benjawan Khumcha, Wanatpreeya Phongsamart, Orasri Wittawatmongkol, Supattra Rungmaitree, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit   +11 more
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