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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Effect of Health Education on Tuberculosis Case-Finding Based on Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Movement in Majene District, West Sulawesi, IndonesiaMuhammad Syafar, Muhammad Ikhsan, Indra Fajarwati Ibnu, Rachma RahimThis research aimed to determine the effect of tuberculosis (TB) active case-finding interventions based on Advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) movement toward housewives’ knowledge at the work area of Banggae I Community Health Center, Majene District, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Quasi-experimental one group pretest and posttest design was used in this research. Participants of the research were selected by inclusive … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 6 Feb 2019 · 7,929 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEfficient Production of Glycosylated and Non-Glycosylated Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen 85B Fused to PVX Coat Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana PlantsPablo A. González, Franco D. Puccio, Alicia M. ZeladaThe development of alternative subunit based-vaccines against tuberculosis is necessary due to variable efficiency and some security concerns of the BCG vaccine. The aim of this work was evaluate the production of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B antigen fused to Potato Virus X Coat Protein (PVX-CP) by transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana for subunit-based tuberculosis vaccine formulation. A codon-optimized M. tuberculosis … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 14, Issue 4 · 13 Nov 2018 · 9,976 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleComparison of CART and CART ARCING to Classify Household Food Security of Tuberculosis Patients in SurabayaIis Dewi Ratih, Sri Pingit Wulandari, Bambang Widjanarko Otok, Yusnada Asa NuraniIndonesia shall fulfill the residents need of food by its heterogeneous and big resource of food. But in fact, Indonesian food security is still far from expectation because of the maintenance of food resource in Indonesia has not been maximized yet. Meanwhile, households with tuberculosis patients in Surabaya tend to classify as food-insecure. This study conduct a classification of households … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 28 May 2018 · 7,456 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSocio-Demographic Determinants of Adult Tuberculosis: A Matched Case-Control Study in BangladeshSamira Dishti Irfan, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Mahabub Ul Islam et al.Tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-systemic infectious disease that has evoked a substantial disease burden in developing countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to determine the socio-demographic risk factors for adult tuberculosis. A matched case-control study was conducted with 178 cases and 179 controls from a selected TB hospital in Dhaka. Data was collected via face-to-face interview using … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 6 Nov 2017 · 10,452 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDesign and Synthesis of Diaminotriazines as Anti-Tuberculosis DHFR InhibitorsArundhati C Lele, Archana Raju, M.K. Ray et al.A series of novel 2,4 diamino-s-triazine was designed as potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) Dihydro folate reductase inhibitors. The synthesized compounds were evaluated in whole cells by employing Resazurin Microtitre Plate Assay (REMA) against Mtb H37Rv, using known DHFR inhibitors Methotrexate and Trimethoprim as standard drugs. The most active compound in the whole cell assay was selected for DHFR enzyme assay … …Current Research in Drug Discovery, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 26 Jan 2015 · 14,716 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleCirculation of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) and Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains in MexicoCarlos A. Vazquez-Chacon, Armando Martinez-Guarneros, Susana Balandrano Campos et al.Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem worldwide. In Mexico, the extent of circulation of XDR-TB strains is unknown. Here, the drug-resistance patterns of TB isolates collected in Mexico between 2006 and 2008 were analyzed. Among 137 TB isolates, (58%) were classified as MDR exclusively, (33%) were Pre-XDR and (9%) were assigned as XDR. … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 7 Jan 2015 · 7,422 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleClinical and Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected PatientsPaz-Ayar Nibardo, Jose Antonio Mata-Marin, Jesus Gaytan-Martinez et al.To identify clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with the risk of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. A case-control study in a cohort of HIV-infected patients. Cases: patients coinfected with HIV and pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Controls: no clinical tuberculosis and PPD negative, matched for age and sex. Primary data were obtained from medical records and personal interviews. We identified 47 cases … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 30 Nov 2013 · 8,236 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleNursing Approach to the Control of Tuberculosis: Scientific Publications (2002-2011)Brunello Maria Eugenia Firmino, Magnabosco Gabriela Tavares, Arakawa Tiemi et al.As a disease of chronic evolution, Tuberculosis (TB) requires more health care professionals, especially nursing staff, to encourage the patient not to abandon the treatment and achieve a cure. Thus, this study aimed to describe the state of the art of scientific publications regarding the approach that is given to nursing aids regarding TB control. The literature search was performed … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2013 · 13,184 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleModeling the Dynamics of Tuberculosis Transmission in Children and AdultsF. Nyabadza, M. KgosimoreProblem statement: The fight Against Tuberculosis (TB) has mainly focused on the adult population because children were perceived to pose a very low risk in TB transmission. This assumption ignores the potential risk children had as reservoirs of latent infections from which future cases evolve when they become adults. It was therefore important to investigate the dynamics of TB taking … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 5 Jun 2012 · 7,153 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDrug Susceptibility Pattern of M.Tuberculosis Isolated from Patients Attending a Private HospitalD. Sureshkumar, Ram GopalakrishnanProblem statement: Drug resistance in Tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging problem that adversely affects patient outcome and public health in the developing world. Although much of tuberculosis care is provided by the private sector in India, the magnitude of drug resistance in TB in the private sector is not well described. The present study was carried out to determine the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 22 Dec 2011 · 7,281 accessesView PDFCite