Browsing SPH Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Mycobacterium Tuberculosis"

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    • Low Vitamin-D Levels Combined with PKP3-SIGIRR-TMEM16J Host Variants Is Associated with Tuberculosis and Death in HIV-Infected and -Exposed Infants 

      Gupta, Amita; Montepiedra, Grace; Gupte, Akshay; Zeldow, Bret; Jubulis, Jennifer; Detrick, Barbara; Violari, Avy; Madhi, Shabir; Bobat, Raziya; Cotton, Mark; Mitchell, Charles; Spector, Stephen (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: This study examined the associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and specific host genetic variants that affect vitamin D levels or its effects on immune function, with the risk of TB or mortality in children. ...

    • Nutritional Status and Tuberculosis Risk in Adult and Pediatric Household Contacts 

      Aibana, Omowunmi; Acharya, Xeno; Huang, Chuan-Chin; Becerra, Mercedes C.; Galea, Jerome T.; Chiang, Silvia S.; Contreras, Carmen; Calderon, Roger; Yataco, Rosa; Velásquez, Gustavo E.; Tintaya, Karen; Jimenez, Judith; Lecca, Leonid; Murray, Megan B. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: Studies show obesity decreases risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. There is limited evidence on whether high body mass index also protects against TB infection; how very high body mass indices influence TB risk; ...

    • PET CT Identifies Reactivation Risk in Cynomolgus Macaques with Latent M. tuberculosis 

      Lin, Philana Ling; Maiello, Pauline; Gideon, Hannah P.; Coleman, M. Teresa; Cadena, Anthony M.; Rodgers, Mark A.; Gregg, Robert; O’Malley, Melanie; Tomko, Jaime; Fillmore, Daniel; Frye, L. James; Rutledge, Tara; DiFazio, Robert M.; Janssen, Christopher; Klein, Edwin; Andersen, Peter L.; Fortune, Sarah M.; Flynn, JoAnne L. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection presents across a spectrum in humans, from latent infection to active tuberculosis. Among those with latent tuberculosis, it is now recognized that there is also a spectrum of infection ...

    • The Tuberculosis Cascade of Care in India’s Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Subbaraman, Ramnath; Nathavitharana, Ruvandhi R.; Satyanarayana, Srinath; Pai, Madhukar; Thomas, Beena E.; Chadha, Vineet K.; Rade, Kiran; Swaminathan, Soumya; Mayer, Kenneth H. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: India has 23% of the global burden of active tuberculosis (TB) patients and 27% of the world’s “missing” patients, which includes those who may not have received effective TB care and could potentially spread ...