Sentence examples for population of tuberculosis from inspiring English sources

Spoligotyping provided a relatively simple and rapid means of describing the population of tuberculosis strains circulating in Sudan.

Concentrations of ESAT-6, Erp and Ag85B were defined by testing a large dilution series of antigen concentrations in a population of tuberculosis patients (n = 12) and the optimal concentration of each antigen was selected.

Consequently, the parent study excluded foreign-born patients of self-reported Asian race due to their low rate of HIV infection compared with the general population of tuberculosis patients in San Francisco (1.5% versus 34.8%, respectively).

An ELISPOT-based IGRA detected a high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in a hospitalized population of tuberculosis suspects with advanced HIV/AIDS but had limited utility for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in a high prevalence setting.

All the subjects had microbiologically confirmed tuberculosis, and the manner of recruitment and pattern of symptoms suggests that they are likely to be representative of the population of tuberculosis patients presenting to a typical general practitioner, polyclinic or hospital emergency department in Singapore.

I demonstrate the potential bias in estimates of recent transmission and the impact of risk factors for clustering by using computer simulations to reconstruct populations of tuberculosis patients and sample from them.

In combination therapy for tuberculosis, the main population of M. tuberculosis is susceptible to INH, while pyrazinamide is effective against slower growing bacilli in acidic milieus, and rifampicin against nonreplicating bacilli.

This circumstance underscores the relevance of population studies of tuberculosis for transmission dynamics control.

The study population consisted of tuberculosis patients over 5 years old who started treatment in the district.

Furthermore, whereas the overall majority of TB cases in Canada are attributed to immigration, the population distribution of tuberculosis in Manitoba is distinctly different than in the other provinces.

One out of 95 oystercatchers (1.1%) and two out of 64 shelducks (3.1%) examined by Smit et al. [ 23] were infected with Mycobacterium sp. In comparison, 17% of the individuals in our study revealed an infection with Mycobacterium sp. Knowledge about the distribution and population relevance of tuberculosis in seabirds and coastal birds is currently unavailable.