A systematic literature review was performed with the objective of assessing the effectiveness
of tuberculosis (TB) screening methods and strategies in migrants in European Union/…

Background Identification of blood biomarkers that prospectively predict progression of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease might lead to interventions that …

Background . Sputum smear microscopy is commonly used for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB).
Although patients with sputum smear–negative TB are less infectious than patients with …

… S. Ndabambi and the TB research team for their valuable assistance. … Correspondence
and requests for reprints should be addressed to Suzanne Verver, M.Sc., Ph.D., KNCV …

The prevalence of infection among household contacts of people with tuberculosis is high.
This information frequently guides active case finding. We analysed DNA fingerprints of …

Background: Associations between smoking and tuberculosis disease including death from
tuberculosis have been reported, but there are few reports on the influence of smoking on …

Treatment success measured by treatment outcome monitoring (TOM) is a key programmatic
output of tuberculosis (TB) control programmes. We performed a systematic literature …

The authors determined the positive predictive value (PPV) for progression to tuberculosis (TB)
of two interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs), QuantiFERON-TB® Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) …

SETTING: A tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey was performed in 2002 in two urban
communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The population was 36334 in 2001, and the TB …

… S Verver, MW Borgdorff and M Behr were supported by the Sequella Global TB Foundation.
E Vynnycky was supported by the UK Medical Research Council and the EC Concerted …