| Title: |
Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries |
| Authors: |
Getahun, H; Matteelli, A; Abubakar, I; Aziz, MA; Baddeley, A; Barreira, D; Den Boon, S; Borroto Gutierrez, SM; Bruchfeld, J; Burhan, E; Cavalcante, S; Cedillos, R; Chaisson, R; Chee, CB-E; Chesire, L; Corbett, E; Dara, M; Denholm, J; de Vries, G; Falzon, D; Ford, N; Gale-Rowe, M; Gilpin, C; Girardi, E; Go, U-Y; Govindasamy, D; Grant, AD; Grzemska, M; Harris, R; Horsburgh, CR; Ismayilov, A; Jaramillo, E; Kik, S; Kranzer, K; Lienhardt, C; LoBue, P; Loennroth, K; Marks, G; Menzies, D; Migliori, GB; Mosca, D; Mukadi, YD; Mwinga, A; Nelson, L; Nishikiori, N; Oordt-Speets, A; Rangaka, MX; Reis, A; Rotz, L; Sandgren, A; Schepisi, MS; Schuenemann, HJ; Sharma, SK; Sotgiu, G; Stagg, HR; Sterling, TR; Tayeb, T; Uplekar, M; van der Werf, MJ; Vandevelde, W; van Kessel, F; van't Hoog, A; Varma, JK; Vezhnina, N; Voniatis, C; Noordegraaf-Schouten, MV; Weil, D; Weyer, K; Wilkinson, RJ; Yoshiyama, T; Zellweger, JP; Raviglione, M |
| Source: |
European Respiratory Journal , 46 (6) pp. 1563-1576. (2015) |
| Publisher Information: |
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Subject Terms: |
Science & technology; life sciences & biomedicine; respiratory system; cost-effectiveness analysis; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; randomized controlled-trial; preventive therapy; close contacts; public-health; follow-up; homeless adults; United-States; drug-users |
| Description: |
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is characterised by the presence of immune responses to previously acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection without clinical evidence of active tuberculosis (TB). Here we report evidence-based guidelines from the World Health Organization for a public health approach to the management of LTBI in high risk individuals in countries with high or middle upper income and TB incidence of |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1479100/1/Stagg_fromPub_website_1563.full.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1479100/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1479100/1/Stagg_fromPub_website_1563.full.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1479100/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.595F6ED5 |
| Database: |
BASE |