Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 The high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among prisoners calls for interventions to identify latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before disease onset.
Guoqin Zhang +8 more
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Biochemical characterisation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate synthetase (Mt-PrsA) [PDF]
, 2001 Mycobacterium tuberculosis arabinogalactan (AG) is an essential cell wall component. It provides a molecular framework serving to connect peptidoglycan to the outer mycolic acid layer. The biosynthesis of the arabinan domains of AG and lipoarabinomannan (
ARTHUR, Connie M. +185 more
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Evaluation of Immigrant Tuberculosis Screening in Industrialized Countries
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 In industrialized countries, tuberculosis (TB) cases are concentrated among immigrants and driven by reactivation of imported latent TB infection (LTBI).
Manish Pareek +4 more
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Distribution and transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages among children in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda [PDF]
, 2015 To gain insight into the transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in peri-urban Kampala-Uganda, we performed a household contact study using children as a surrogate for recent transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
Eddie M. Wampande +19 more
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Lipoproteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : an abundant and functionally diverse class of cell envelope components [PDF]
, 2004 Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the predominant bacterial scourge of mankind. Understanding of its biology and pathogenicity has been greatly advanced by the determination of whole genome sequences for this organism.
Iain C. Sutcliffe +5 more
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Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Tuberculosis in elephants is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We identified mixed M. tuberculosis lineage infection in 2 captive elephants in Nepal by using spoligotyping and large sequence polymorphism. One elephant was infected with Indo-
Sarad Paudel +10 more
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Query into Tuberculosis Infection Screening and Management among Pregnant Migrants, Europe
Emerging Infectious DiseasesPregnant migrant women face increased tuberculosis vulnerability. We queried clinicians in Europe on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection screening and management among pregnant migrants.
Filippo Cioli Puviani +12 more
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Pulmonary Infection and Colonization with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2012
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We analyzed samples from 13,652 patients who had respiratory cultures positive for mycobacteria in Taiwan during 2000–2012 and found that 56.9% were positive for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).
Jung-Yien Chien +4 more
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Mycobacterium bovis Pulmonary Tuberculosis after Ritual Sheep Sacrifice in Tunisia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 A woman in France was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis after a ritual sheep sacrifice in her home country of Tunisia.
Jamal Saad +4 more
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The Promoter of Rv0560c Is Induced by Salicylate and Structurally-Related Compounds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2012 PMCID: PMC3317779This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Dorothée L Schuessler +5 more
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