Tuberculin Test
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Subject Areas on Research
- A human mononuclear leukocyte chemotactic factor: characterization, specificity and kinetics of production by homologous leukocytes.
- Adoptive transfer and specific active immunization of patients with malignant melanoma.
- Adult-onset pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection between rural and urban communities in Peru.
- Comparison of three tests for latent tuberculosis infection in high-risk people in the USA: an observational cohort study.
- Cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in tuberculous uveitis.
- Discriminating between latent and active tuberculosis with multiple biomarker responses.
- Evaluating latent tuberculosis infection diagnostics using latent class analysis.
- Feasibility and willingness-to-pay for integrated community-based tuberculosis testing.
- HLA-B7 associated tuberculin hyporesponsiveness in BCG treated melanoma patients.
- Human mononuclear leukocyte chemotaxis: a quantitative assay for humoral and cellular chemotactic factors.
- Inadequate sensitivity of tuberculin tine test for screening employee populations.
- Interferon-gamma release assays piloted as a latent tuberculous infection screening tool in Canadian federal inmates.
- Lack of consensus in the diagnosis and treatment for ocular tuberculosis among uveitis specialists.
- Low sensitivity of T-cell based detection of tuberculosis among HIV co-infected Tanzanian in-patients.
- Monitored isoniazid prophylaxis for low-risk tuberculin reactors older than 35 years of age: a risk-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Monitored isoniazid prophylaxis for low-risk tuberculin reactors.
- Notes from the Field: Contact Investigation for an Infant with Congenital Tuberculosis Infection - North Carolina, 2016.
- Optimal Testing Choice and Diagnostic Strategies for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among US-Born People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
- Optimizing the Design of Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Trials: Insights from Mathematical Modeling.
- Pairing QuantiFERON gold in-tube with opt-out HIV testing in a tuberculosis contact investigation in the Southeastern United States.
- Predicting tuberculosis: does the IGRA tell the tale?
- Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Non-US-Born Persons by Country of Birth-United States, 2012-2017.
- The complexities of Xpert® MTB/RIF interpretation.
- The predictive value of 2,-4, dinitrochlorobenzene skin testing in patients with bilharzial bladder cancer.
- Tuberculin reactivity in bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccinated populations: a compilation of international data.
- Tuberculosis in hospital personnel.
- Tuberculosis transmission from a patient with skin lesions and a negative sputum smear.
- Variability of interferon-γ release assays in people at high risk of tuberculosis infection or progression to tuberculosis disease living in the United States.
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Keywords of People
- Ferrari, Guido, Professor in Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology