There are few head-to-head comparisons of the commercial gamma interferon release assays
(GIRAs). We compared the performance of the T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-…

Rationale: There is currently no available test for monitoring the effect of treatment of latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to indicate cure or predict risk of subsequent progression to …

The hypothesis that T-cell interferon-γ responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific
antigens decline as disease activity diminishes with tuberculosis (TB) treatment has generated …

Host cell chromatin changes are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of
infectious diseases. Here we describe a histone acetylome-wide association study (HAWAS) of …

The tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) are
used as adjunctive tests for the evaluation of suspected cases of active tuberculosis (TB). …

Background Although asthma is associated with impaired lung immunity, it is unclear whether
asthma affects the risk of active tuberculosis (TB). Because the upper and lower airways …

We determined the proportion of foreign-born persons with tuberculosis (TB) in Singapore.
This proportion increased from 25.5% in 2004 to 37.6% in 2009. Unskilled workers from …

… Comparisons were tested for statistical significance using Student’s t test (paired or unpaired
as … Wang YT, Poh SC. Lung function and respiratory muscle strength after propranolol in …

Many plant species undergo changes in leaf morphology as the vegetative shoot meristem
matures (Poethig, 2003; Telfer et al., 1997). In Arabidopsis, juvenile leaves are produced …

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