Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2014 Background: In most African and Arabic countries tuberculosis (TB) causes great economic losses in bovine species and constitutes serious zoonotic problem. As the traditional diagnostic method delay the research because of low sensitivity and specificity,
Mohamed Sabry, Ahmed Elkerdasy
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ON VACCINATION OF ADOLESCENTS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2014 The questions of vaccination and revaccination with BCG vaccine, mass screening of children and adolescents with Mantoux test in order to reveal risk groups for development of active tuberculosis and further individual diagnostics among such patients are
L. A. Zazimko +2 more
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Tuberculin Skin Test among 1,424 Healthy Employees in Chaharmahal Province, Iran [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Tuberculosis is still an important problem in developing countries. The tuberculin skin test (TST) is used for the identification of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection.
Abbasi, Farhad, Besharat, Mehdi
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Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa [PDF]
, 2014 Improved diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in children are needed. We hypothesized that transcriptional signatures of host blood could be used to distinguish tuberculosis from other diseases in African children who either were or were not infected with ...
Amelia C. Crampin +26 more
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The History of In Vivo Tuberculin Testing in Bovines: Tuberculosis, a “One Health” Issue
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Tuberculosis (TB) is more than 3 million years old thriving in multiple species. Ancestral Mycobacterium tuberculosis gave rise to multiple strains including Mycobacterium bovis now distributed worldwide with zoonotic transmission happening in both ...
Margaret Good +3 more
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Intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test in the diagnosis of caprine tuberculosis. [PDF]
Braz J Microbiol, 2022 de Almeida CAS +8 more
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Viruses disrupt functions of human lymphocytes. Effects of measles virus and influenza virus on lymphocyte-mediated killing and antibody production. [PDF]
, 1984 We present experimental data that offer, in part, a better understanding of the immunosuppression that accompanies measles virus infection. We note that measles virus "silently" infects human lymphocytes and that the infection does not alter lymphocyte ...
Casali, P, Oldstone, MB, Rice, GP
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Screening vaccine formulations for biological activity using fresh human whole blood. [PDF]
, 2014 Understanding the relevant biological activity of any pharmaceutical formulation destined for human use is crucial. For vaccine-based formulations, activity must reflect the expected immune response, while for non-vaccine therapeutic agents, such as ...
Aboutorabian, Sepideh +9 more
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Booster Phenomenon of 3-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in Hemodialysis Patients
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011 • Background: The risk of increasing active tuberculosis is a significant health problem among patients receiving hemodialysis. Also prophylactic therapy against tuberculin in these patients is important to have a successful transplantation.
Mohsen Meidani +2 more
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Mantoux test revisited: Variability in reading tuberculin test in pediatric population
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018 Introduction: Mantoux test aids in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), however its application and interpretation are dependent on multiple factors. Methodology: A prospective study enrolling 400 children (aged 2-12) suspected to have tuberculosis ...
Dimple Goel +2 more
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