Tuberculosis

"Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.

Descriptor ID	D014376
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.410.040.552.846
Concept/Terms	Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculoses Koch's Disease Koch Disease Kochs Disease Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Actinomycetales Infections [C01.252.410.040]
Mycobacterium Infections [C01.252.410.040.552]
Tuberculosis [C01.252.410.040.552.846]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tuberculosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tuberculosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 263 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 27 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	2	1	3
1992	2	0	2
1993	2	1	3
1994	2	1	3
1995	5	0	5
1996	1	1	2
1997	2	1	3
1998	0	2	2
1999	3	1	4
2000	3	0	3
2001	3	1	4
2002	7	3	10
2003	4	0	4
2004	4	1	5
2005	6	2	8
2006	6	1	7
2007	5	1	6
2008	7	2	9
2009	4	0	4
2010	9	2	11
2011	16	1	17
2012	10	1	11
2013	15	0	15
2014	16	0	16
2015	8	2	10
2016	18	0	18
2017	19	1	20
2018	18	2	20
2019	26	1	27
2020	10	1	11

Below are the most recent publications written about "Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.

Kay AW, Thivalapill N, Skinner D, Dube GS, Dlamini N, Mzileni B, Fuentes P, Ustero P, Adams LV, Mandalakas AM. Predictors of suboptimal adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among adolescents and children living with HIV. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243713.

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Nash M, Perrin C, Seddon JA, Furin J, Hauser J, Marais B, Kitai I, Starke J, McKenna L. Access to paediatric formulations for the treatment of childhood tuberculosis. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 12; 4(12):855-857.

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Gatchalian SR, Agathis NT, Castillo-Carandang NT, Gunter SM, Murray KO, Mandalakas AM. Design and Evaluation of Risk Assessment Tools to Identify Pediatric Tuberculosis Infection in Bohol, the Philippines, a Low-HIV- and High-TB-Burden Setting. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 11; 103(5):1818-1826.

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Hensel J, McAndrews KM, McGrail DJ, Dowlatshahi DP, LeBleu VS, Kalluri R. Protection against SARS-CoV-2 by BCG vaccination is not supported by epidemiological analyses. Sci Rep. 2020 10 27; 10(1):18377.

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Szigeti R, Kellermayer D, Trakimas G, Kellermayer R. BCG epidemiology supports its protection against COVID-19? A word of caution. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240203.

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Sandoval M, Swamy P, Kay AW, Alonso PU, Dube GS, Hlophe-Dlamini H, Mandalakas AM. Distinct Risk Factors for Clinical and Bacteriologically Confirmed Tuberculosis among Child Household Contacts in a High-Burden Setting. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12; 103(6):2506-2509.

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Bryk R, Mundhra S, Jiang X, Wood M, Pfau D, Weber E, Park S, Zhang L, Wilson C, Van der Westhuyzen R, Street L, Chibale K, Zimmerman M, Dartois V, Pastore N, Ballabio A, Hawryluk N, Canan S, Khetani V, Camardo J, Nathan C. Potentiation of rifampin activity in a mouse model of tuberculosis by activation of host transcription factor EB. PLoS Pathog. 2020 06; 16(6):e1008567.

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DiNardo AR, Rajapakshe K, Nishiguchi T, Grimm SL, Mtetwa G, Dlamini Q, Kahari J, Mahapatra S, Kay A, Maphalala G, Mace EM, Makedonas G, Cirillo JD, Netea MG, van Crevel R, Coarfa C, Mandalakas AM. DNA hypermethylation during tuberculosis dampens host immune responsiveness. J Clin Invest. 2020 06 01; 130(6):3113-3123.

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Chiang SS, Park S, White EI, Friedman JF, Cruz AT, Del Castillo H, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Seddon JA. Using Changes in Weight-for-Age z Score to Predict Effectiveness of Childhood Tuberculosis Therapy. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Apr 30; 9(2):150-158.

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Cruz AT, Schwartzman K, Kitai I. Fighting a hidden epidemic: expanding tuberculosis preventive treatment to the youngest household contacts. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 04 01; 24(4):357-359.

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