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Guidelines for conducting tuberculin skin test surveys in high-prevalence countries.

Hans L Rieder1, Vineet K Chadha, Nico J D Nagelkerke, Frank van Leth, Marieke J van der Werf.   

Abstract

This Supplement provides an update on guidelines first published in 1996 on conducting a tuberculin skin test survey and analyzing the resulting data. The updated guidelines add experiences gained from community surveys, revisit the proposed sampling strategies, and provide additional information on ethical considerations.

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Year:  2011        PMID： 21276325

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis        ISSN： 1027-3719            Impact factor:   2.373


  20 in total

1.  Performance of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay in tuberculin skin test converters: a prospective cohort study.

Authors:  M E Castellanos; S Kirimunda; L Martinez; T Quach; H Woldu; R Kakaire; A Handel; S Zalwango; N Kiwanuka; C C Whalen
Journal:  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis       Date:  2018-09-01       Impact factor: 2.373

2.  Latent tuberculous infection in schoolchildren and contact tracing in Matlosana, North West Province, South Africa.

Authors:  L Lebina; P M Abraham; M Milovanovic; K Motlhaoleng; R E Chaisson; M Rakgokong; J Golub; E Variava; N A Martinson
Journal:  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis       Date:  2015-11       Impact factor: 2.373

Review 3.  Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Households and the Community: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Authors:  Leonardo Martinez; Ye Shen; Ezekiel Mupere; Allan Kizza; Philip C Hill; Christopher C Whalen
Journal:  Am J Epidemiol       Date:  2017-06-15       Impact factor: 4.897

4.  Interferon-γ release assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in arthritis patients treated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists in Korea.

Authors:  Boksoon Chang; Hye Yun Park; Kyeongman Jeon; Joong Kyong Ahn; Hoon-Suk Cha; Eun-Mi Koh; Eun-Suk Kang; Won-Jung Koh
Journal:  Clin Rheumatol       Date:  2011-05-10       Impact factor: 2.980

5.  Risk factors associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin tests results in Zambia and South Africa.

Authors:  Kwame Shanaube; James Hargreaves; Katherine Fielding; Ab Schaap; Katherine-Anne Lawrence; Bernadette Hensen; Charalambos Sismanidis; Angela Menezes; Nulda Beyers; Helen Ayles; Peter Godfrey-Faussett
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2011-04-04       Impact factor: 3.240

6.  Association between socioeconomic position and tuberculosis in a large population-based study in rural Malawi.

Authors:  Anna Odone; Amelia C Crampin; Venance Mwinuka; Simon Malema; J Nimrod Mwaungulu; Lumbani Munthali; Judith R Glynn
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-10-21       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 7.  Update on cutaneous tuberculosis.

Authors:  Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias; Fred Bernardes Filho; Maria Victória Quaresma; Leninha Valério do Nascimento; José Augusto da Costa Nery; David Rubem Azulay
Journal:  An Bras Dermatol       Date:  2014 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 1.896

8.  Trend in annual risk of tuberculous infection in north India.

Authors:  Kamal Chopra; Vineet K Chadha; Jitendra Ramachandra; Nishi Aggarwal
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2012-12-26       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 9.  The ongoing challenge of latent tuberculosis.

Authors:  H Esmail; C E Barry; D B Young; R J Wilkinson
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2014-05-12       Impact factor: 6.237

10.  The challenge of producing skin test antigens with minimal resources suitable for human application against a neglected tropical disease; leprosy.

Authors:  Becky L Rivoire; Stephen TerLouw; Nathan A Groathouse; Patrick J Brennan
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2014-05-29
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