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Diagnosing tuberculosis with urine lipoarabinomannan: systematic review and meta-analysis by MINION, J, LEUNG, E, TALBOT, E, DHEDA, K, FAI, M, MENZIES, D

“…Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a potential marker of active tuberculosis (TB). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis regarding use of urinary LAM…”
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Risk of tuberculosis infection and disease associated with work in health care settings [State of the Art Series. Occupational lung disease in high- and low-income countries, Edited by M. Chan-Yeung. Number 5 in the series] by MENZIES, D, JOSHI, R, PAI, M

“…BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) in health care workers (HCWs) was not considered a serious problem following the advent of effective antibiotic therapy. Interest…”
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False-positive tuberculin skin tests: what is the absolute effect of BCG and non-tuberculous mycobacteria? [Review Article] by FARHAT, M, GREENAWAY, C, PAI, M, MENZIES, D

“…BACKGROUND: Despite certain drawbacks, the tuberculin skin test (TST) remains in widespread use. Important advantages of the TST are its low cost, simplicity…”
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Interventions to reduce losses in the cascade of care for latent tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Barss, L., Moayedi-Nia, S., Campbell, J. R., Oxlade, O., Menzies, D.

“…BACKGROUND: Losses can occur throughout the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cascade of care. This can result in suboptimal rates of effective treatment…”
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Incidence of ethambutol-related visual impairment during treatment of active tuberculosis [Review article] by Ezer, N., Benedetti, A., Darvish-Zargar, M., Menzies, D.

“…BACKGROUND: Recent World Health Organization guidelines recommend the addition of ethambutol (EMB) throughout standardised treatment of new cases of active…”
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Aspergillus sensitization is associated with airflow limitation and bronchiectasis in severe asthma by Menzies, D., Holmes, L., McCumesky, G., Prys‐Picard, C., Niven, R.

“…To cite this article: Menzies D, Holmes L, McCumesky G, Prys‐Picard C, Niven R. Aspergillus sensitization is associated with airflow limitation and…”
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Serpentine alteration as source of high dissolved silicon and elevated δ30Si values to the marine Si cycle by Geilert, Sonja, Grasse, Patricia, Wallmann, Klaus, Liebetrau, Volker, Menzies, Catriona D.

“…Serpentine alteration is recognized as an important process for element cycling, however, related silicon fluxes are unknown. Pore fluids from serpentinite…”
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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses [State of the art series. Operational research. Number 5 in the series] by MENZIES, D

“…Properly performed systematic reviews can furnish an accurate summary of the published literature and thereby provide essential information for clinicians,…”
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The fluid budget of a continental plate boundary fault: Quantification from the Alpine Fault, New Zealand by Menzies, Catriona D., Teagle, Damon A.H., Niedermann, Samuel, Cox, Simon C., Craw, Dave, Zimmer, Martin, Cooper, Matthew J., Erzinger, Jörg

“…Fluids play a key role in modifying the chemical and physical properties of fault zones, which may prime them for repeated rupture by the generation of high…”
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Interferon-Gamma Release Assays versus Tuberculin Skin Testing for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Overview of the Evidence by Trajman, Anete, Steffen, R. E., Menzies, D.

“…A profusion of articles have been published on the accuracy and uses of interferon-gamma releasing assays. Here we review the clinical applications,…”
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Quality of tuberculosis care in India: a systematic review by Satyanarayana, S., Subbaraman, R., Shete, P., Gore, G., Das, J., Cattamanchi, A., Mayer, K., Menzies, D., Harries, A. D., Hopewell, P., Pai, M.

“…BACKGROUND: While Indian studies have assessed care providers' knowledge and practices, there is no systematic review on the quality of tuberculosis (TB)…”
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Clinical standards for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB infection by Migliori, G. B., Wu, S. J., Matteelli, A., Zenner, D., Goletti, D., Ahmedov, S., Al-Abri, S., Allen, D. M., Balcells, M. E., Garcia-Basteiro, A. L., Cambau, E., Chaisson, R. E., Chee, C. B. E., Dalcolmo, M. P., Denholm, J. T., Erkens, C., Esposito, S., Farnia, P., Friedland, J. S., Graham, S., Hamada, Y., Harries, A. D., Kay, A. W., Kritski, A., Manga, S., Marais, B. J., Menzies, D., Ng, D., Petrone, L., Rendon, A., Silva, D. R., Schaaf, H. S., Skrahina, A., Sotgiu, G., Thwaites, G., Tiberi, S., Tukvadze, N., Zellweger, J.-P., D´Ambrosio, L., Centis, R., Ong, C. W. M.

“…BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) decreases the risk of developing TB disease and its associated morbidity and mortality. The aim of these…”
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Interferon-gamma release assays and childhood tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [Review article] by MANDALAKAS, A. M, DETJEN, A. K, HESSELING, A. C, BENEDETTI, A, MENZIES, D

“…BACKGROUND: Children infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis have significant risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) and can therefore benefit from preventive…”
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TB preventive treatment in high- and intermediate-incidence countries: research needs for scale-up by Oxlade, O., den Boon, S., Menzies, D., Falzon, D., Lane, M. Y., Kanchar, A., Zignol, M., Matteelli, A.

“…BACKGROUND: In 2018, the WHO Member States committed to providing TB preventive treatment (TPT) to at least 30 million people by 2022. However, only 6.3…”
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Patterns and characteristics of TB among key risk groups in Canada, 1993-2018 by Diefenbach-Elstob, T., Rivest, P., Benedetti, A., Gordon, C., Palayew, M., Menzies, D., Schwartzman, K., Greenaway, C.

“…BACKGROUND: Canada has a low incidence of TB, although certain groups are disproportionately affected.OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the epidemiology,…”
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Epidemiology of tuberculosis immunology by Fox, G J, Menzies, D

“…Immunological impairment plays a major role in the epidemiology of TB. Globally, the most common causes of immunological impairment are malnutrition, diabetes,…”
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Efficiency of slaughterhouse surveillance for the detection of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in Northern Ireland by PASCUAL-LINAZA, A. V., GORDON, A. W., STRINGER, L. A., MENZIES, F. D.

“…Post-mortem examination continues to play an important surveillance role in the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme in Northern Ireland. It is…”
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New prebiotic chemistry inspired filter media for stormwater/greywater disinfection by Jung, J., Menzies, D.J., Thissen, H., Easton, C.D., Evans, R.A., Henry, R., Deletic, A., McCarthy, D.T.

“…•Prebiotic chemistry inspired polymer (AMNT30) was applied to develop antimicrobial media.•AMNT30 coating took place at room temperature via spontaneous…”
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Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions by Albers, Elmar, Bach, Wolfgang, Klein, Frieder, Menzies, Catriona D, Lucassen, Friedrich, Teagle, Damon A. H

“…Few data exist that provide insight into processes affecting the long-term carbon cycle at shallow forearc depths. To better understand the mobilization of C…”
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A Bayesian analysis of a Test and Vaccinate or Remove study to control bovine tuberculosis in badgers (Meles meles) by Arnold, Mark E, Courcier, Emily A, Stringer, Lesley A, McCormick, Carl M, Pascual-Linaza, Ana V, Collins, Shane F, Trimble, Nigel A, Ford, Tom, Thompson, Suzan, Corbett, David, Menzies, Fraser D

“…A novel five year Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) wildlife research intervention project in badgers (Meles meles) commenced in 2014 in a 100km2 area of…”
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