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Predictive performance of interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test for incident tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Hamada Y, Gupta RS, Quartagno M, Izzard A, Acuna-Villaorduna C,  et al.
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...
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Research

Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults

Furin J, Alirol E, Allen E, Fielding K, Merle CS,  et al.
2016-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a growing public health problem, and for the first time in decades, new drugs for the treatment of this disease have been developed. These new dru...
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Review

Eye exam with indirect ophthalmoscopy for diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis in patients with HIV/AIDS

Abubakar I, Zignol M, Falzon D, Raviglione M, Ditui L,  et al.
2013-03-24 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-03-24 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Review

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis--Current dilemmas, unanswered questions, challenges, and priority needs

Zumla A, Abubakar I, Raviglione M, Hoelscher M, Ditui L,  et al.
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Following the declaration and the promotion in 1995 of directly observed treatment short cour...
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Commentary

Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

Lonnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, DAmbrosio L, de Vries G,  et al.
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework set...
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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities

McNerney R, Maeurer M, Abubakar I, Marais BJ, McHugh TD,  et al.
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to...