Latest TB research publications

• Enhancing the role of private practitioners in tuberculosis prevention and care activities in India

2017-11-01  //  Lung India  //

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• Closing the gap in surveillance of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection: a European perspective on the need for clinician–public health alliances

November 2017  //  European Respiratory Journal  //

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• Determinants of site of tuberculosis disease: An analysis of European surveillance data from 2003 to 2014

2017-11-20  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Association between diabetes mellitus and active tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017-11-21  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Treatment outcomes of MDR-tuberculosis patients in Brazil: a retrospective cohort analysis

2017-11-14  // BMC Infectious Diseases  //

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• Tuberculin skin test conversion and primary progressive tuberculosis disease in the first 5 years of life: a birth cohort study from Cape Town, South Africa

2017-11-17  // The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health  //

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• Reduction of HIV-associated excess mortality by antiretroviral treatment among tuberculosis patients in Kenya

2017-11-16  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Drop-out from the tuberculosis contact investigation cascade in a routine public health setting in urban Uganda: A prospective, multi-center study

2017-11-06  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• A score to predict and stratify risk of tuberculosis in adult contacts of tuberculosis index cases: a prospective derivation and external validation cohort study

2017-11-01  //  The Lancet Infectious Diseases  //

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• Burden of tuberculosis in Xinjiang between 2011 and 2015: A surveillance data-based study

2017-11-09  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Prevalence and molecular characterization of pyrazinamide resistance among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Southern China

2017-11-06  //  BMC Infectious Diseases  //

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• Trend and treatment status of latent tuberculosis infection patients in Japan – Analysis of Japan TB Surveillance data

2017-11-01  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Comparison of two cash transfer strategies to prevent catastrophic costs for poor tuberculosis-affected households in low- and middle-income countries: An economic modelling study

2017-11-07  //  PLOS Medicine //

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• Digital health to end tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Goals era: achievements, evidence and future perspectives

November 2017  //  European Respiratory Journal  //

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• Pulmonary immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in exposed individuals

2017-11-10  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• A modular transcriptional signature identifies phenotypic heterogeneity of human tuberculosis infection

2017-11-10  //  bioRxiv  //

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• Cost-effectiveness of post-landing latent tuberculosis infection control strategies in new migrants to Canada

2017-10-30  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Spot sputum samples are at least as good as early morning samples for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2017-10-27  //  BMC Medicine  //

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• Novel approach based on one-tube nested PCR and a lateral flow strip for highly sensitive diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

2017-10-30  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• IP-10 Kinetics in the First Week of Therapy are Strongly Associated with Bacteriological Confirmation of Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Patients

2017-10-30  //  Scientific Reports  //

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• Prescription practice of anti-tuberculosis drugs in Yunnan, China: A clinical audit

2017-10-31  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• A borderline range for Quantiferon Gold In-Tube results

2017-11-02  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Effect of glycemic control and type of diabetes treatment on unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among people with TB-Diabetes: A systematic review

2017-10-23  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Identification of differentially expressed circular RNAs in human monocyte derived macrophages response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

2017-10-20  //  Scientific Reports  //

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• Half of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have concomitant resistance to pyrazinamide

2017-10-31  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Association between the IL-6 gene polymorphism and tuberculosis risk: a meta-analysis

2017-11-27  //  Dove Medical Press  //

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• Epidemiological Features and Associated Factors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Positive Microscopy in the Infectious Diseases Unit at the CHU of Brazzaville
  

2017-11-16  //  Journal of Lung, Pulmonary & Respiratory Research  //

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• Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequences of Three Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Morocco

November 2017  //  Genome Announcements  //

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• The Association between Tuberculosis and Diphtheria

2017-11-16  //  BioRxiv  //

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• Comparative ’omics analyses differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis and reveal distinct macrophage responses to infection with the human and bovine tubercle bacilli

2017-11-16  //  BioRxiv  //

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• T cell recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptides presented by HLA-E derived from infected human cells
  

2017-11-27  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: A latent-class analysis

2017-11-28  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Polyclonal Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Risk for Multidrug Resistance, Lima, Peru

November 2017  //  Emerging Infectious Diseases  //