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Volume 15, Number 8, August 2011

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Editorial

Review article

Free Content A modelling framework to support the selection and implementation of new tuberculosis diagnostic tools [State of the art series. Operational research. Number 8 in the series]
pp. 996-1004(9)
Authors: Lin, H-H.; Langley, I.; Mwenda, R.; Doulla, B.; Egwaga, S.; Millington, K.A.; Mann, G.H.; Murray, M.; Squire, S.B.; Cohen, T.

Free Content Interferon-gamma release assays and childhood tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [Review article]
pp. 1018-1032(15)
Authors: Mandalakas, A.M.; Detjen, A.K.; Hesseling, A.C.; Benedetti, A.; Menzies, D.

Regular Papers

Free Content Historical research into tuberculosis control strategies and the implications of mortality trends in Taiwan
pp. 1033-1037(5)
Authors: Chiou, S-J.; Huang, Y-T.; Lee, J-J.; Wang, S-I.; Yaung, C-L.

Free Content Capture-recapture to estimate completeness of tuberculosis surveillance in two communities in South Africa
pp. 1038-1043(6)
Authors: Dunbar, R.; van Hest, R.; Lawrence, K.; Verver, S.; Enarson, D.A.; Lombard, C.; Beyers, N.; Barnes, J.M.

Free Content Missed opportunities to prevent tuberculosis in foreign-born persons, Connecticut, 2005-2008
pp. 1044-1049(6)
Authors: Guh, A.; Sosa, L.; Hadler, J.L.; Lobato, M.N.

Free Content Housekeeping health care workers have the highest risk for tuberculin skin test conversion
pp. 1050-1055(6)
Authors: Sherman, H.A.; Karakis, I.; Heimer, D.; Arzt, M.; Goldstein, W.; Bouhnik, L.; Maimon, M.N.

Free Content Predictors of discordant tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube results in various high-risk groups
pp. 1056-1061(6)
Authors: Weinfurter, P.; Blumberg, H.M.; Goldbaum, G.; Royce, R.; Pang, J.; Tapia, J.; Bethel, J.; Mazurek, G.H.; Toney, S.; Albalak, R.; Tuberculosis Epidemiological Studies Consortium,

Free Content Is the delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis related to exposure to fluoroquinolones or any antibiotic?
pp. 1062-1068(7)
Authors: Wang, M.; FitzGerald, J.M.; Richardson, K.; Marra, C.A.; Cook, V.J.; Hajek, J.; Elwood, R.K.; Bowie, W.R.; Marra, F.

Free Content Consulting private health care providers aggravates treatment delay in urban South African tuberculosis patients
pp. 1069-1076(8)
Authors: Van Wyk, S.S.; Enarson, D.A.; Beyers, N.; Lombard, C.; Hesseling, A.C.

Free Content Quality of induced sputum using a human-powered nebuliser in a mobile human immunodeficiency virus testing service in South Africa
pp. 1077-1081(5)
Authors: Kranzer, K.; Olson, L.; van Schaik, N.; Raditlhalo, E.; Hudson, E.; Panigrahi, P.; Bekker, L-G.

Free Content Tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus infected Ugandan children starting on antiretroviral therapy
pp. 1082-1086(5)
Authors: Bakeera-Kitaka, S.; Conesa-Botella, A.; Dhabangi, A.; Maganda, A.; Kekitiinwa, A.; Colebunders, R.; Boulware, D.R.

Free Content Disseminated tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus infection: ineffective immunity, polyclonal disease and high mortality
pp. 1087-1092(6)
Authors: von Reyn, C.F.; Kimambo, S.; Mtei, L.; Arbeit, R.D.; Maro, I.; Bakari, M.; Matee, M.; Lahey, T.; Adams, L.V.; Black, W.; Mackenzie, T.; Lyimo, J.; Tvaroha, S.; Waddell, R.; Kreiswirth, B.; Horsburgh, C.R.; Pallangyo, K.

Free Content Bronchial artery embolisation for the management of haemoptysis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
pp. 1093-1098(6)
Authors: Shin, B.S.; Jeon, G.S.; Lee, S.A.; Park, M-H.

Free Content Acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by miliary tuberculosis: a multicentre survey in South Korea
pp. 1099-1103(5)
Authors: Lee, K.; Kim, J.H.; Lee, J.H.; Lee, W-Y.; Park, M.S.; Kim, J.Y.; Kim, K.C.; Lee, M-G.; Jung, K-S.; Kim, Y.S.; Shin, Y.M.; Koh, Y.

Free Content Different therapeutic responses in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subgroups
pp. 1104-1110(7)
Authors: Lee, J.S.; Huh, J.W.; Chae, E.J.; Seo, J.B.; Ra, S.W.; Lee, J-H.; Kim, E-K.; Lee, Y.K.; Kim, T-H.; Kim, W.J.; Lee, J.H.; Lee, S-M.; Lee, S.; Lim, S.Y.; Shin, T.R.; Yoon, H.I.; Sheen, S.S.; Oh, Y-M.; Lee, S-D.

Free Content The impact of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema on mortality
pp. 1111-1116(6)
Authors: Lee, C-H.; Kim, H.J.; Park, C.M.; Lim, K.Y.; Lee, J.Y.; Kim, D.J.; Yeon, J.H.; Hwang, S-S.; Kim, D-K.; Lee, S-M.; Yim, J-J.; Yang, S-C.; Yoo, C-G.; Chung, H.S.; Kim, Y.W.; Han, S.K.; Shim, Y-S.

Free Content Lung cancer mortality in Spain: estimating the future burden to the year 2028
pp. 1117-1121(5)
Authors: Cayuela, A.; Rodríguez-Dominguez, S.; López-Campos, J.L.; Jara-Palomares, L.; Otero, R.; Vigil, E.

Short communication

Free Content Translating childhood tuberculosis case management research into operational policies [Notes from the field]
pp. 1127-1130(4)
Authors: Safdar, N.; Hinderaker, S.G.; Baloch, N.A.; Enarson, D.A.; Khan, M.A.; Morkve, O.

Free Content Primary Mycobacterium bovis infection revealed by erythema nodosum [Short communication]
pp. 1131-1132(2)
Authors: Méchaï, F.; Soler, C.; Aoun, O.; Fabre, M.; Mérens, A.; Imbert, P.; Rapp, C.

Letter paper

Free Content High-dose rifampicin: how do we proceed? [Correspondence]
pp. 1133-1133(1)
Authors: Boeree, M.J.; Plemper van Balen, G.; Aarnoutse, R.A.

Free Content Vitamin D deficiency in adult tuberculosis patients [Correspondence]
pp. 1133-1134(2)
Authors: Arya, S.C.; Agarwal, N.

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