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Leprosy reactions: the effect of gender and household contacts
... of household contacts. The number of contacts was ascertained at diagnosis in leprosy patients coming from an endemic area of ...of household contacts”; model 2 included all four ...
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Evaluation of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 Cytokine Production and Their Correlation with Genotype Variants amongst Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Contacts.
... Clinical characteristics were studied in a total of 150 patients, 190 household contacts and 150 healthy controls. For all these subjects age, sex, BCG scar, body mass index (BMI) and tubercu- lin skin test ...
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Evaluation of the prognostic value of IFN-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis cases in Senegal.
... amongst contacts of TB cases ...in household contacts of TB patients, and that the level of IFN-c response to specific ...of contacts of infectious TB cases when ...
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Active search for leprosy cases in midwestern Brazil : a serological evaluation of asymptomatic household contacts before and after prophylaxis with bacillus Calmette-Guérin
... asymptomatic household contacts (AHHC) of multibacillary leprosy index cases from Midwest ...these household contacts with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) were also ...
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Unveiling healthy carriers and subclinical infections among household contacts of leprosy patients who play potential roles in the disease chain of transmission
... that household contacts (HHCs) of leprosy patients might not only have subclinical infections, but may also be actively involved in bacilli ...1,352 contacts using anti-phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I) ...
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Survey to identify Mycobacterium leprae-infected household contacts of patients from prevalent regions of leprosy in Colombia
... Leprosy in Colombia is in the post-elimination phase; nevertheless, there are regions of this country where the incidence is still around 3-4/100,000. Early detection of leprosy patients is a priority for achieving ...
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Pertussis post-exposure prophylaxis among household contacts: a cost-utility analysis.
... all household contacts [62]; although, they may not have been sufficiently powered to detect a significant ...to household contacts ...
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Risk of Tuberculosis Among Household Contacts in Salvador, Bahia
... 282 household contacts were found; 269 (95.4%) contacts completed the ...their contacts. Contacts with the BCG vaccination scar were younger than those without a scar ...the ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.48 número6
... in household contacts (HHCs) of leprosy patients who developed leprosy with those of HHCs who did not in a population of 2,992 individuals monitored during a 10-year ...affected contacts demonstrated ...
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Modes of transmission of influenza B virus in households.
... the household, it is possible that some infections were acquired ...the household [28], and a similar observation was reported in a household transmission study in Canada ...
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Perfil de marcadores sorológicos, salivares e moleculares de Mycobacterium leprae entre contatos de pacientes com hanseníase
... Leprosy household contacts are group at high risk of developing the ...leprosy household contacts (n=135) in two endemic regions, Ceara, ...leprosy household contacts (r = ...the ...
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Utility of immunoglobulin isotypes against LID-1 and NDO-LID for, particularly IgG1, confirming the diagnosis of multibacillary leprosy
... respective household contacts, and healthy control individuals, were tested for the presence of antigen- specific IgM and IgG against NDO-HSA, LID-1 and ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.48 número6
... In summary, both QuantiFERON-TB Gold In TUBE® and TST have proven effective for the diagnosis of LTBI in household contacts of patients with active TB; both exhibit excellent sensitivity, specifi city, ...
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Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA not detected in faecal samples from Buruli ulcer patients: results of a pilot study.
... Efforts to control the spread of Buruli ulcer (BU) will be significantly improved if we understand the ecology of the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans. Recent surveys of the environment in BU endemic regions near ...
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to antiphenolic glycolipidI in leprosy cases, contacts and no known contacts of leprosy in an endemic and a nonendemic area in northeast Brazil
... els in household contacts compared to no known leprosy contacts. In the present study, the highest titre levels of anti-PGL-I antibody were found among lepromatous lep- rosy patients (Table 2), and ...
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Salivary antiPGL1 IgM may indicate active transmission of Mycobacterium leprae among young people under 16 years of age
... The contacts (n = 169) included in the study were classified as paucibacillary (PB contacts, n = 40) or multibacillary (MB con- tacts, n = 115) contacts, according to clinical form of the index ...
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Estimating incidence curves of several infections using symptom surveillance data.
... positive household contacts recruited when a household index influenza case sought medical ...each household contact in [12], it is possible that some infected household contacts ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.35 número4 en v35n4a10
... of household contacts, aged 15 or younger, of patients presenting a positive culture for Mycobacterium ...were household contacts of TB cases presenting positive sputum smear and positive ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.41 suppl.2 en v41s2a12
... and household contact ...the contacts those at greater risk of developing leprosy in the ...2,840 household contacts of new leprosy cases diagnosed from October 2002 to March 2004, in State of ...
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Contact investigation in households of patients with tuberculosis in Hanoi, Vietnam: a prospective cohort study.
... while household exposure contributes to the risk of TB, it may not be the only source of ...Nonetheless, household contacts should be considered a suitable target population for screening, because ...
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