Browsing Artículos Científicos by Subject "Tuberculosis"
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Global variation in bacterial strains that cause tuberculosis disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2018-10-30)Background: The host, microbial, and environmental factors that contribute to variation in tuberculosis (TB) disease are incompletely understood. Accumulating evidence suggests that one driver of geographic variation in ... -
Mycobacterial Lipids Induce Calcium Mobilization and Degranulation of Mast Cells
(2018-06-13)Cells and culture conditions. Murine MCs from line C1.MC/C57.1 (C57 MC) were kindly provided by Dr. Stephen Galli (Stanford University) and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium according to standard methods (9). ... -
Overweight, Obesity, and Older Age Favor Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts in Low Tuberculosis-Incidence Settings within Panama
(2019-05-01)Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) remains the main source of new active tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide. Household close contacts (HCCs) are at high risk of acquiring LTBI and subsequent development of TB. In this ... -
Simplified Model to Survey Tuberculosis Transmission in Countries Without Systematic Molecular Epidemiology Programs
(2019-03-01)Systematic molecular/genomic epidemiology studies for tuberculosis surveillance cannot be implemented in many countries. We selected Panama as a model for an alternative strategy. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive ... -
Simplified Model to Survey Tuberculosis Transmission in Countries Without Systematic Molecular Epidemiology Programs
(Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019-03-03)Systematic molecular/genomic epidemiology studies for tuberculosis surveillance cannot be implemented in many countries. We selected Panama as a model for an alternative strategy. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive ...