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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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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]

Front 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.
He Y, Cao X, Guo T, He Y, Du Y, Zhang H, Feng B, Du J, Zhang B, Wang K, Yan J, Wang D, Liu Z, Pan S, Xin H, Gao L.   +15 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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Future direction of tuberculin skin test: Integration of telemedicine for test reading. [PDF]

Digit Health
Objective The Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) remains an important tool for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection (TBI), including in patients receiving immunomodulatory therapies.
Yigit N, Sanlıalp M, Senol H, Cetin N, Altınısık G.   +4 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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PREVALENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AMONG CHILDREN AT THE RESERVOIRS OF INFECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

Паёми Сино, 2021
Objective: To study the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the infection reservoirs in the Republic of Tajikistan among children and the impact of BCG vaccination assessed by tuberculin skin test.
O.I. BOBOKHOJAEV, U.YU. SIRODJIDINOVA, S.M. SAYDALIEV, R.S. BOZOROVA   +3 more
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Interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin testing for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in at-risk groups in Poland

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016
Objective/Background: The diagnostics of latent tuberculosis infection in Poland using the tuberculin skin test is challenging due to the obligatory Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccinations.
Katarzyna Kruczak, Lucyna Mastalerz, Krzysztof Sładek   +2 more
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Defining an intermediate category of tuberculin skin test: A mixture model analysis of two high-risk populations from Kampala, Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2021
One principle of tuberculosis control is to prevent the development of tuberculosis disease by treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection.
Henok G Woldu, Sarah Zalwango, Leonardo Martinez, María Eugenia Castellanos, Robert Kakaire, Juliet N Sekandi, Noah Kiwanuka, Christopher C Whalen   +7 more
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Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among BCG-immunised Ugandan children by T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin testing. [PDF]

, 2012
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, Gyaviira Nkurunungi, Muhangi Lawrence, Cose Stephen, Joseph R Fitchett, Akurut, Hellen, Elliott Alison M., Kizito Dennison, Kizindo Robert, Muhangi, Lawrence, Swaib A Lule, Lawrence Muhangi, Alison M Elliott, Akurut Hellen, Hellen Akurut, Robert Kizindo, Sebina, Ismail, Cose, Stephen, Elliott, Alison M, Nkurunungi Gyaviira, Kizito, Dennison, Fitchett, Joseph R, Sebina Ismail, Kizindo, Robert, Emily L Webb, Webb Emily L., Lutangira Jimreeves E., Jimreeves E Lutangira, Lule Swaib A., Stephen Cose, Lule, Swaib A, Dennison Kizito, Fitchett Joseph R., Nkurunungi, Gyaviira, Lutangira, Jimreeves E, Ismail Sebina   +35 more
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Transcriptional profiling of innate and adaptive human immune responses to mycobacteria in the tuberculin skin test [PDF]

, 2011
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, Elkington, Paul T. G., Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Lehloenya, Rannakoe J, Chain, Benjamin M, Keertan Dheda, Katz, David R, Yates, John, Benjamin M. Chain, Cashmore, Tamaryn J, Robert F. Miller, Elkington, Paul TG, Cashmore, Tamaryn J., Gillian S. Tomlinson, Michael Brown, David R. Katz, Brown, Michael, Miller, Robert F, Paul T. G. Elkington, Lehloenya, Rannakoe J., Rannakoe J. Lehloenya, Miller, Robert F., Dheda, Keertan, Noursadeghi, Mahdad, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Tomlinson, Gillian S., Tomlinson, Gillian S, John Yates, Chain, Benjamin M., Katz, David R., Jhen Tsang   +30 more
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