Porosity is an important material feature commonly employed in implants and tissue
scaffolds. The presence of material voids permits the infiltration of cells, mechanical …

Background Globally, children under 15 years represent approximately 12% of new
tuberculosis cases, but 16% of the estimated 1.4 million deaths. This higher share of …

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with increased severity of common infectious
diseases, and death amongst children with SAM is almost always as a result of infection …

Background The value of quantitative interferon-γ release assay results for predicting
progression from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to active disease is unknown. We …

Background Previous meta-analyses regarding the performance of interferon-gamma
release assays (IGRAs) for tuberculosis diagnosis in children yielded contrasting results …

Background Children (< 15 years) are vulnerable to TB disease following infection, but no
systematic review or meta-analysis has quantified the effects of HIV-related …

Purpose To evaluate clinical manifestations of patients with uveitis and scleritis of unknown
origin and positive QuantiFERON–TB Gold In-Tube test (quantiferon) in a country not …

Background: Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) are well-established
immunodiagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) in adults. In children these tests are associated …

ABSTRACT Results from 3,263 QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) assays were
analyzed to determine the impact of age on test performance. The proportion of …

Introduction Information on host factors that contribute to false negative and indeterminate
results in interferon‐γ release assays (IGRA) are critical to improve the usefulness of these …