New tools and emerging technologies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: Part I. Latent tuberculosis

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2003 • 2,598 citations

Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

2000 • 1,219 citations

Molecular analysis of genetic differences between Mycobacterium bovis BCG and virulent M. bovis

1996 • 1,088 citations

Interferon-γ assays in the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review

2004 • 926 citations

Specific immune-based diagnosis of tuberculosis

2000 • 910 citations

Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States

2005 • 701 citations

Specific Detection of Tuberculosis Infection

2004 • 663 citations

Comparison of T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a school tuberculosis outbreak

2003 • 635 citations

Discrepancy Between the Tuberculin Skin Test and the Whole-Blood Interferon γ Assay for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Intermediate Tuberculosis-Burden Country

2005 • 439 citations

Rapid Detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection by Enumeration of Antigen-specific T Cells

2001 • 423 citations

Enhanced contact tracing and spatial tracking of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by enumeration of antigen-specific T cells

2001 • 406 citations

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study

2004 • 373 citations

Direct Ex Vivo Analysis of Antigen-Specific IFN-γ-Secreting CD4 T Cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Individuals: Associations with Clinical Disease State and Effect of Treatment

2001 • 355 citations

Enumeration of T Cells Specific for RD1‐Encoded Antigens Suggests a High Prevalence of LatentMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection in Healthy Urban Indians

2001 • 350 citations

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers in Rural India

2005 • 343 citations

Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and New Specific Blood Test in Tuberculosis Contacts

2004 • 342 citations

Rapid detection of active and latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive individuals by enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells

2002 • 322 citations

Immune Responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Specific Antigen ESAT-6 Signal Subclinical Infection among Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients

2002 • 257 citations

Routine Hospital Use of a New Commercial Whole Blood Interferon-γ Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection

2005 • 253 citations

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

2006 • 214 citations

Sensitivity of a new commercial enzyme-linked immunospot assay (T SPOT-TB) for diagnosis of tuberculosis in clinical practice

2005 • 204 citations

Nonconventional and new methods in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: feasibility and applicability in the field

2005 • 189 citations

Prospective Evaluation of a Whole-Blood Test Using Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Specific Antigens ESAT-6 and CFP-10 for Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis

2005 • 189 citations

Comparison of a whole blood interferon-γ assay with tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection in hospitalized children in rural India

2006 • 178 citations

What Does Tuberculin Reactivity after Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Tell Us?

2000 • 174 citations

The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

2005 • 159 citations

Large‐Scale Evaluation of Enzyme‐Linked Immunospot Assay and Skin Test for Diagnosis ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection against a Gradient of Exposure in The Gambia

2004 • 158 citations

New tools for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: the perspective of developing countries.

1998 • 155 citations

T Cell–Based Tracking of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Infection after Brief Exposure

2004 • 145 citations

Comparison of mantoux skin test with three generations of a whole blood IFN-gamma assay for tuberculosis infection.

2006 • 133 citations

Enzyme-linked Immunospot and Tuberculin Skin Testing to Detect Latent Tuberculosis Infection

2005 • 127 citations

Tuberculin Skin Testing

1988 • 127 citations

Performance of a T-cell-based diagnostic test for tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected individuals is independent of CD4 cell count

2005 • 125 citations

Utility of the antigen-specific interferon-?? assay for the management of tuberculosis

2005 • 113 citations

Inherently self‐calibrating non‐cartesian parallel imaging

2005 • 110 citations

Contact tracing using a new T-cell-based test: better correlation with tuberculosis exposure than the tuberculin skin test.

2005 • 99 citations

Selected RD1 Peptides for Active Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Comparison of a Gamma Interferon Whole-Blood Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and an Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay

2005 • 89 citations

Diagnosis of latentMycobacterium tuberculosisinfection: is the demise of the Mantoux test imminent?

2005 • 74 citations

Alternatives to the tuberculin skin test: Interferon-γ assays in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection

2005 • 65 citations

Avances recientes en métodos moleculares para el diagnóstico precoz y tuberculosis resistente al tratamiento

2004 • 30 citations

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1955 • 0 citations