International Journal Tuberculosis Lung Diseases

• Polymorphism in CC-chemokine ligand 2 associated with tuberculosis in Zambia [Short communication]

  Authors: Buijtels, P.C.A.M.1; van de Sande, W.W.J.2; Parkinson, S.3; Petit, P.L.C.4; van der Sande, M.A.B.5; van Soolingen, D.6; Verbrugh, H.A.2; van Belkum, A.2

• Age-specific cut-offs for the tuberculin skin test to detect latent tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated children

  Authors: Chan, P-C.1; Chang, L-Y.2; Wu, Y-C.3; Lu, C-Y.i.2; Kuo, H-S.3; Lee, C-Y.2; Huang, L-M.2; Chen, C-J.4

• Preventive chemotherapy. Where has it got us? Where to go next? [State of the art series. Tuberculosis. Edited by I. D. Rusen. Number 2 in the series]

  Authors: Landry, J.1; Menzies, D.1

• Two-step tuberculin skin test and booster phenomenon prevalence among Brazilian medical students

  Authors: Teixeira, E.G.1; Kritski, A.2; Ruffino-Netto, A.3; Steffen, R.4; Lapa e Silva, J.R.2; Belo, M.5; Luiz, R.R.2; Menzies, D.6; Trajman, A.7

• Reducing the string test intra-gastric downtime for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Authors: Bae, W.H.1; Salas, A.2; Brady, M.F.3; Coronel, J.4; Colombo, C.G.L.4; Castro, B.4; Gilman, R.H.5; Moore, D.A.J.5

• Cost-effectiveness of a new interferon-based blood assay, QuantiFERON®-TB Gold, in screening tuberculosis contacts

  Authors: Marra, F.1; Marra, C.A.2; Sadatsafavi, M.3; Morán-Mendoza, O.4; Cook, V.1; Elwood, R.K.5; Morshed, M.5; Brunham, R.C.5; FitzGerald, J.M.6

• Evaluation of new GenoType® MTBDRplus for detection of resistance in cultures and direct specimens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Authors: Causse, M.1; Ruiz, P.2; Gutierrez, J.B.1; Zerolo, J.2; Casal, M.3

• Tuberculosis in socio-economically deprived neighborhoods: missed opportunities for prevention

  Authors: Lopez De Fede, A.1; Stewart, J.E.1; Harris, M.J.2; Mayfield-Smith, K.1

• Increasing tuberculosis case detection through intensive referral and tracing in Hunan, China

  Authors: Bae, L.Q.1; Yang, H.L.2; Jian, X.W.3; He, X.G.2; Chen, Y.F.2; Tang, Y.2; Cheng, S.M.4; Xiao, S.Y.5

• A bibliometric analysis of tuberculosis research indexed in PubMed, 1997-2006

  Authors: Ramos, J.M.1; Padilla, S.1; Masiá, M.1; Gutiérrez, F.1