Sentence examples for a study of tb from inspiring English sources

Other factors such as social economic development may also have played an important role in the reduction of TB prevalence, as found in a study of TB notification rates trends in 134 countries [ 21].

While conducting a study of TB diagnostics in a population that had been tested for H. pylori, we fortuitously identified differences in interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and other cytokine responses to M. tuberculosis antigens in H. pylori-infected and uninfected hosts.

The MINI used in a study of TB and HIV patients in primary care in Zambia also demonstrated good discriminatory ability in detecting MINI-defined current Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) (AUDIT = 0.98 for women and 0.75 for men) [ 27].

A study of hospitalized TB patients in Rome, Italy found that 2.9% of 34 HIV co-infected patients and 5.9% of 373 patients without documented HIV status had MDR-TB (OR 0.5, 95% CI: 0.1 3.2) [31].

In one of these, in a high disease incidence region of Spain, a study of 305 TB patients with known HIV serostatus showed that strains isolated from HIV-positive patients were not associated with clustering [ 25] a result similar to observations by Yang et al [ 20] in Tanzania.

For example, a recent study of TB patients in Nigeria found that 15.5% of HIV-positive individuals on treatment died, compared with 3.1% of HIV-negative individuals.

In a study of HIV-infected TB suspects, 34% of whom were receiving antiretroviral therapy, a urine LAM testing had a sensitivity of 44.8% and specificity of 90.1% [ 24].

A study of trends in TB incidence and their determinants in 134 countries found that the incidence declined more quickly in countries that had a higher human development index, greater health expenditure, lower child mortality and improved sanitation [ 8].

The findings of a study of non-adherent TB patients in California indicate that detention measures target the homeless, substance abusers, the mentally ill and people in correctional facilities.

We conducted a cross-sectional study of TB patients (all forms) registered in selected six sentinel sites (TB treatment centres) under the National TB Control Program (NTP) in the Sindh province of Pakistan from April 2008 to March 2012.

This study was based on analysis of 1,312 HIV-seronegative adults living in Houston, Texas, enrolled in a population-based study of TB [7], [64].