Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1712-1723

  Anderson, Suzanne T ^a,g   Kaforou, Myrsini ^b   Brent, Andrew J ^b,d,j   Wright, Victoria J ^b   Banwell, Claire M ^a,g   Chagaluka, George ^g,h   Crampin, Amelia C ^c,i   Dockrell, Hazel M ^c   French, Neil ^c,e,i   Hamilton, Melissa S ^b   Hibberd, Martin L ^l   Kern, Florian ^a   Langford, Paul R ^b   Ling, Ling ^l   Mlotha, Rachel ^g,h   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^m   Pienaar, Sandy ⁿ   Pillay, Vashini ⁿ   Scott, J Anthony G ^j   Twahir, Hemed ^k   Wilkinson, Robert J ^b,n   Coin, Lachlan J ^b,o   Heyderman, Robert S ^f,g   Levin, Michael ^b   Eley, Brian ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^h QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

ⁱ KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^j KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^k Coast Provincial General Hospital ^*  (Kenya)

^l GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^m LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; XPERT MTB RIF ASSAY; AFRICA; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CHILD; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RISK; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84899709556     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1303657     Document Type: Article

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