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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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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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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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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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Latent Tuberculosis and Associated Factors Among Adults Living With HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
Public Health ChallLatent tuberculosis infection is common among adults living with HIV in Kinshasa. Advanced immunosuppression, previous TB exposure, and contact with active TB cases were independently associated with LTBI, supporting systematic screening and targeted tuberculosis preventive therapy.
Kadima J +10 more
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Comparative evaluation of immunological tests for at-risk children in Tomsk Region
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to compare the results of immunological tests (tests with recombinant allergen TB in standard dilution (RAT) and the Mantoux tuberculin test) in children at risk of developing tuberculosis in Tomsk Region.Materials and ...
N. N. Kabanets +4 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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Utility of newer technologies for the diagnosis of active and latent tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2009 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-109).Since the 1800s the tuberculin skin test (TST) has been the only available test for latent tuberculosis (LTBI). Recently, interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) have been developed which are based upon
Cashmore, Tamaryn Jane +1 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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