Latest TB research publications

• Molecular clustering of patients with diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Francles Blanco-Guillot, Guadalupe Delgado-Sánchez, Norma Mongua-Rodríguez, Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Elizabeth Ferreira-Guerrero, Mercedes Yanes-Lane, Rogelio Montero-Campos, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, Pedro Torres-González, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Lourdes Garcia-Garcia
2017-09-13  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• A potential link between tuberculosis and lung cancer through non-coding RNAs

Debmalya Barh, Sandeep Tiwari, Ranjith N. Kumavath, Vasco Azevedo
2017-09-13  //  BIORXIV  //  Research Article

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• Diagnostic utility of a line probe assay for multidrug resistant-TB in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Binit Kumar Singh, Surendra K. Sharma, Rohini Sharma, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Vithal P. Myneedu, Mikashmi Kohli, Dinkar Bhasin, Sanjay Sarin
2017-08-22  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Using mobile phones to ensure that referred tuberculosis patients reach their treatment facilities: a call that makes a difference

Kimcheng Choun, Shanta Achanta, Balaji Naik, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Sopheak Thai, Natalie Lorent, Kim Eam Khun, Johan van Griensven, Ajay M. V. Kumar and Rony Zachariah
2017-08-22  //  BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH  //  Research Article

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• Sequence analysis of the rifampicin resistance determining region (RRDR) of rpoB gene in multidrug resistance confirmed and newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients of Punjab, Pakistan

Salma Hameed, Nasir Mahmood, Timothy D. McHugh, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry, Catherine Arnold, Kartyk Moganeradj
2017-08-17  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention

Natasha S. Hochberg, Sonali Sarkar, C. Robert Horsburgh Jr, Selby Knudsen, Jane Pleskunas, Swaroop Sahu, Rachel W. Kubiak, S. Govindarajan, Padmini Salgame, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, Amsaveni Sivaprakasam, Laura F. White, Noyal Maria Joseph, Jerrold J. Ellner, Gautam Roy
2017-08-23  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Assessment of the influence of direct tobacco smoke on infection and active TB management

Neus Altet, Irene Latorre, María Ángeles Jiménez-Fuentes, José Maldonado, Israel Molina, Yoel González-Díaz, Celia Milà, Esther García-García, Beatriz Muriel, Raquel Villar-Hernández, Maisem Laabei, Andromeda-Celeste Gómez, Pere Godoy, Maria Luiza de Souza-Galvão, Segismundo Solano, Carlos A. Jiménez-Ruiz, the PII Smoking SEPAR Working Group , Jose Domínguez
2017-08-24  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Deaths during tuberculosis treatment among paediatric patients in a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Aishatu L. Adamu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Najiba Aliyu Galadanci, Baba Maiyaki Musa, Muktar A. Gadanya, Auwalu U. Gajida, Taiwo G. Amole, Imam W. Bello, Safiya Gambo, Ibrahim Abubakar
2017-08-17  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Peripheral clinic versus centralized laboratory-based Xpert MTB/RIF performance: Experience gained from a pragmatic, stepped-wedge trial in Botswana

Tefera Agizew, Rosanna Boyd, Ndwapi Ndwapi, Andrew Auld, Joyce Basotli, Sambayawo Nyirenda, Zegabriel Tedla, Anikie Mathoma, Unami Mathebula, Chawangwa Lesedi, Sherri Pals, Anand Date, Heather Alexander, Thomas Kuebrich, Alyssa Finlay
2017-08-17  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Feasibility study of strengthening the public–private partnership for tuberculosis case detection in Bandung City, Indonesia

Bony Wiem Lestari, Nita Arisanti, Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Estro Dariatno Sihaloho, Gelar Budiman, Philip C. Hill, Bachti Alisjahbana and Susan McAllister
2017-08-14  //  BMC RESEARCH NOTES  //  Research Article

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• Immune characterization of the HBHA-specific response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected patients with or without HIV infection

Teresa Chiacchio, Giovanni Delogu, Valentina Vanini, Gilda Cuzzi, Flavio De Maio, Carmela Pinnetti, Alessandro Sampaolesi, Andrea Antinori, Delia Goletti
2017-08-24  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Insights into secular trends of respiratory tuberculosis: The 20th century Maltese experience

Lianne Tripp, Larry A. Sawchuk
2017-08-17  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Tuberculosis active case finding in Cambodia: a pragmatic, cost-effectiveness comparison of three implementation models

Richard James, Keovathanak Khim, Lydia Boudarene, Joanne Yoong, Chea Phalla, Saly Saint, Pichenda Koeut, Tan Eang Mao, Richard Coker and Mishal Sameer Khan
2017-08-22  //  BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES  //  Research Article

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• QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for contact screening in BCG-vaccinated adults: A longitudinal cohort study

Laura Muñoz, Lucia Gonzalez, Laura Soldevila, Jordi Dorca, Fernando Alcaide, Miguel Santin
2017-08-30  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

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• Memory of Natural Killer Cells: A New Chance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

José Alberto Choreño Parra, Nayeli Martínez Zúñiga, Luis Antonio Jiménez Zamudio, Luis Armando Jiménez Álvarez, Citlaltepetl Salinas Lara and Joaquín Zúñiga
2017-08-14  //  FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY  //  Commentary