Essays about: "latent tb"

Found 4 essays containing the words latent tb.

  1. 1. Development of a Prototype GeneXpert Assay for Blood-Based Tuberculosis Case Finding

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Kevin Siu; [2021]
    Keywords : GeneXpert assay; qPCR; Tuberculosis diagnostics; mRNA biomarkers; Active tuberculosis; Latent tuberculosis; Tuberculosis case finding; End-TB strategy;

    Abstract : En 10-plex GeneXpert analysmetod för diagnos av M. Tuberculosis infektion samt med kapacitet att särskilja aktiv och latent tuberkulos har utvecklats på Cepheid. Analysmetoden sker ex-vivo och kvantifierar uttryck av tuberkulos associerade mRNA biomarkörer i antigenstimulerat helblod. READ MORE

  3. 2. Treating latent tuberculosis : Efficacy of rifapentine plus isoniazid combination therapy vs. isoniazid monotherapy

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Author : Christinegie Khoury; [2021]
    Keywords : Latent tuberculosis infection; rifapentine; isoniazid;

    Abstract : Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a global health issue that affects approximately one quarter of the world’s population. It refers to a state of persistent immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis without clinical evidence of active tuberculosis (TB). READ MORE

  4. 3. The Potentials and Difficulties of Two New Drugs, TMC 207 and PA-824, against Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    University essay from Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Author : Brigitta Kuzeljevic; [2013]
    Keywords : tuberculosis; TMC 207; PA-824; new drugs; MDR; XDR; tuberkulos; nya läkemedel; MDR; XDR;

    Abstract : Tuberculosis has for decades been the leading cause of death, worldwide, originating from merely one infectious matter i.e. the bacilli Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It is killing approximately 1. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparison of QuantiFERON®TB Gold with tuberculin skin test to improve diagnostics and routine screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers to Norway

    University essay from Nordiska ministerrådet/Nordic School of Public Health NHV

    Author : Brita Askeland Winje; [2008]
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; Screening; Tuberculin Skin Test; QuantiFERON®TB Gold; Tuberkulose; screening; tuberkulin hudtest; QuantiFERON®TB Gold;

    Abstract : Introduksjon: QuantiFERON®TB Gold (QFT) er en ny blodtest for påvisning av tuberkulosesmitte, men med få data så langt fra undersøkelse av immigranter. Målet med studien var å sammenligne resultat av QFT og tuberkulin hudtest blant nyankomne asylsøkere i Norge og å vurdere hvilken rolle QFT bør ha i screening for latent tuberkulose. READ MORE