Metabolite changes in blood predict the onset of tuberculosis

Autor: January Weiner, Jeroen Maertzdorf, Jayne S. Sutherland, Fergal J. Duffy, Ethan Thompson, Sara Suliman, Gayle McEwen, Bonnie Thiel, Shreemanta K. Parida, Joanna Zyla, Willem A. Hanekom, Robert P. Mohney, W. Henry Boom, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Rawleigh Howe, Hazel M. Dockrell, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Thomas J. Scriba, Daniel E. Zak, Gerhard Walzl, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, The GC6-74 consortium
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07635-7
Popis: The tuberculosis pandemic requires new methods for diagnosing and containing infections prior to active disease. Here, the authors performed a multi-site observational study within sub-Saharan Africa and present serum and plasma metabolic signatures that can predict the onset of active TB with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity.
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