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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 +3 more
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Vacina BCG. Eficácia e impacto nos resultados de rastreio tuberculínico em população de alto risco.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1998 In a housing estate population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, the authors conducted tuberculosis screening with the tuberculin test, and an investigation with three purposes: evaluation of tuberculosis infection (defined as > 10 mm on tuberculin
A N Pina
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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 +10 more
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Flow cytometric detection of gamma interferon can effectively discriminate Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated cattle from M. bovis-infected cattle [PDF]
, 2006 Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a disease that is increasing in incidence in United Kingdom cattle herds. In addition to increasing economic losses, the rise in bovine tuberculosis poses a human health risk. There is an
Hope, J C, Howard, C J, Sopp, P
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1997 To evaluate the effect of BCG vaccination and T lymphocyte subpopulations on the reactivity to the tuberculin skin test, 113 asymtomatic HIV+ individuals were tuberculin tested by intradermal injection of 5TU of purified protein derivative and the levels
JI Rodríguez +5 more
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Improvement of bovine tuberculosis diagnosis
Ветеринария сегодня, 2021 Detection of animals with non-specific reactions to tuberculin is one of the major problems in bovine tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. There is a need to find and improve methods for detection of the sensitization causes.
M. O. Baratov
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Tuberculosis in Scottish military veterans: evidence from a retrospective cohort study of 57 000 veterans and 173 000 matched non-veterans [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: Tuberculosis was a major cause of morbidity and manpower loss in the Armed Forces during World War II. Military control programmes commenced in the 1950s but were initially limited in scope by the many recruits who were already tuberculin ...
Bergman, Beverly P. +2 more
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Risk of tuberculous infection in adolescents and adults in a rural community in Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the highest in the world. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of TB, the annual risk of tuberculous infection (ARTI) and associated risk factors in rural Ethiopia.
Abate, E. +5 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012 This study aimed to evaluate the interference of tuberculin test on the gamma-interferon (INFg) assay, to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the INFg assay in Brazilian conditions, and to simulate multiple testing using the comparative ...
Luciano B. Lopes +5 more
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Use of low-dose computed tomography to assess pulmonary tuberculosis among healthcare workers in a tuberculosis hospital [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: According to the World Health Organization, China is one of 22 countries with serious tuberculosis (TB) infections and one of the 27 countries with serious multidrug-resistant TB strains.
Chen, Bu-Dong +10 more
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