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Analysis Factor Associated Tuberculin Test in Children Contact Tuberculosis History [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2014
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
doaj   +4 more sources

Natural variation in immune responses to neonatal mycobacterium bovis bacillus calmette-guerin (BCG) vaccination in a cohort of Gambian infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background There is a need for new vaccines for tuberculosis (TB) that protect against adult pulmonary disease in regions where BCG is not effective.
A Lalvani   +46 more
core   +41 more sources

Diagnostic accuracy of the Enferplex Bovine Tuberculosis antibody test in cattle sera

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Bovine tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial disease of worldwide economic, zoonotic and welfare importance caused mainly by Mycobacterium bovis infection. Current regulatory diagnostic methods lack sensitivity and require improvement. We have developed
Amanda O’Brien   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of bovine tuberculosis in three dairy cow stations in Iraq [PDF]

open access: yesIraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2014
The study was conducted to investigate bovine tuberculosis in three dairy cows stations using comparative tuberculin test (bovine and avian) and bacterial isolation.
M.A.A. Al-Graibawi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating Two-stage Tuberculin Skin Test for Screening Latent Tuberculosis Infections in Diabetic Patients: A Regional Study in Khorramabad, Iran

open access: yesJournal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
Introduction: latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) are not detectable by a single-stage tuberculin test and maybe detected after repeating tests 7-21 days later.
Mahshad Mousavi1   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study on supplemental test to improve the detection of bovine tuberculosis in individual animals and herds

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), is a worldwide disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). The success of bTB eradication and control programs is based on early detection and the removal of reactors from a herd thus routine testing and cull ...
Paulo Alex Machado Carneiro   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance and correlation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold, T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin test in young children with tuberculosis exposure or tuberculosis disease

open access: yesAsian 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin testing for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in at-risk groups in Poland

open access: yesInternational 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The age-specific burden and household and school-based predictors of child and adolescent tuberculosis infection in rural Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BackgroundThe age-specific epidemiology of child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is poorly understood, especially in rural areas of East Africa. We sought to characterize the age-specific prevalence and predictors of TB infection among children and ...
Atukunda, Mucunguzi   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

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