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Association Between Smoking and Tuberculosis Infection: A Population Survey in a High Tuberculosis Incidence Area [PDF]

, 2005
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
Bateman, E.D, Beyers, N, Boon den, S, Borgdorff, M.W, Enarson, D.A, LIll van, P, Lombard, C.J, Verver, S   +7 more
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The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ...
A. Gonzalez, A. R. Escombe, Balasubramanian, Beggs, Bhatia, C. A. Evans, C. Martinez, C. Noakes, C. Oeser, Caviedes, Cohn, Curtis, D. A. J. Moore, E. Ticona, Edlin, Elliott, Escombe, Gangadharam, Ikeda, J. S. Friedland, Katz, L. Caviedes, Luna-Herrera, M. Navincopa, Markowitz, Mastorides, Mills, Mitchison, Mitchison, Nardell, Nardell, Nunn, P. Sheen, Prabhakar, R. H. Gilman, Riley, RILEY, Riley, Schafer, Sultan, Xu   +40 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Healthcare Students and Postgraduates in a Mediterranean Italian Area: What Correlation with Work Exposure? [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis screening is part of the standard protocol for evaluating the risk of infection in healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among students attending various ...
Antonina Ciccarello, Benedetta Romanin, Maria Gabriella Verso, Nicola Serra, Paola Di Carlo   +4 more
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Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test [PDF]

, 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 ...
Brooks-Pollock, Brunton, Burnham, Clegg, Clegg, De La Rua-Domenech, Dohoo, Downs, Good, Goodchild, Green, Green, Humblet, Johnston, Kaplan, Karolemeas, Nuñez-Garcia, O'Hagan, Olea-Popelka, Reilly, Skuce, Vial   +21 more
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A Defined Antigen Skin Test for Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis in Domestic Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains endemic in domestic water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in India and elsewhere, with limited options for control other than testing and slaughter. The prescribed tuberculin skin tests with purified protein derivative (PPD)
Tarun Kumar, Mahavir Singh, Babu Lal Jangir, Devan Arora, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Devender Bidhan, Dipin Chander Yadav, Maroudam Veerasami, Douwe Bakker, Vivek Kapur, Vivek Kapur, Naresh Jindal   +11 more
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Interferon-gamma assay and tuberculin skin test for screening of latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a summarization study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2021
Background Latent tuberculosis is an important clinical problem. This problem might be significant in some specific groups of patients. The screening for latent tuberculosis is recommended for management of those patients at risk.
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit   +1 more
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Evaluation of the Changes in Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) among the Interns in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran, after One Year of Starting Internship during the Years 2016-2017

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Medical students, especially whom enter to clinical courses, are in high exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responsible for tuberculosis (TB).
Kiana Shirani, Samaneh Rezaee, Erfan Behzadi, Zahra Amini, Parastoo Golshiri   +4 more
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A simple protocol for tuberculin skin test reading certification

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2021
Although tuberculosis preventive therapy is one of the cornerstones for eliminating the disease, many barriers exist in the cascade of care for latent tuberculosis infection, including the need to certify healthcare professionals for reading tuberculin ...
Lara de Lima Gloria, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Bráulio dos Santos Júnior, Anete Trajman   +3 more
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The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS: Tuberculosis symptom-onset and diagnosis dates
Adams, Akhtar, Ane-Anyangwe, Anibarro, Arnedo-Pena, Baker, C. A. Evans, C. Jongkaewwattana, Chew, Dowling, Drucker, E. S. Ramos, Ford, G. Sandhu, J. J. Lewis, J. S. Friedland, K. Zevallos, Kennel, Liu, Lonnroth, Luquero, M. A. Tovar, M. R. Baldwin, Martineau, Nagayama, Onifade, Parrinello, R. H. Gilman, R. Montoya, Rao, Rook, S. G. Schumacher, Schaaf, Stamp, T. Wingfield, ten Asbroek, Wilkinson, Yang, Yoshiyama   +38 more
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Investigation of the Frequency of Positive PPD Test in Candidate Patients Receiving Immunosuppressive Drugs Hospitalized in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Years 2019-2020 [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2023
Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common infections that lead to death,; incidence of tuberculosis is higher in individuals with immune system deficiency. Candidates for receiving immunosuppressive drugs should be examined for the presence of
Hamid Reza Mohammadi, Zohreh Akhoundimeybodi, Mohammad Javad Sadeghi, Ahmad Reza Ghayedi, Jamshid Ayatollahi, Marzieh Azimi Zade   +5 more
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