Search Results - "Kamphorst, M"
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Tuberculosis contact investigation in low prevalence countries: a European consensus
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-10-2010)“…Contact investigation to identify individuals with tuberculosis and latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an important component of tuberculosis…”
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Predictive value for progression to tuberculosis by IGRA and TST in immigrant contacts
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-06-2010)“…The authors determined the positive predictive value (PPV) for progression to tuberculosis (TB) of two interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), QuantiFERON-TB…”
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Added value of interferon-gamma release assays in screening for tuberculous infection in the Netherlands
Published in The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease (01-04-2014)“…BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) are reported to be more specific for the diagnosis of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) than the…”
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Coverage and yield of entry and follow-up screening for tuberculosis among new immigrants
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-07-2008)“…The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of entry screening for tuberculosis and biannual follow-up screening among new immigrants in…”
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Interferon-gamma release assays in immigrant contacts and effect of remote exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease (01-07-2009)“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between remote exposure to tuberculosis (TB) and results of the tuberculin skin test (TST), and two interferon-gamma…”
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Phenotypic variation in leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
Published in Neurology (01-08-1998)“…The objective of this study is to describe milder and later onset variants of a recently described leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter. The…”
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Competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for quantitation of feline immunodeficiency virus
Published in Journal of virological methods (01-04-1995)“…A competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was developed to quantify RNA of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in cats. The assay…”
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