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Afrânio L Kritski

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1 Tuberculosis is associated with a down-modulatory lung immune response that impairs Th1-type immunity. J Immunol 2009 1.60
2 Down-modulation of lung immune responses by interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and analysis of TGF-beta receptors I and II in active tuberculosis. Infect Immun 2004 1.60
3 Application of sensitive and specific molecular methods to uncover global dissemination of the major RDRio Sublineage of the Latin American-Mediterranean Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotype family. J Clin Microbiol 2008 1.59
4 Correlations of mutations in katG, oxyR-ahpC and inhA genes and in vitro susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains segregated by spoligotype families from tuberculosis prevalent countries in South America. BMC Microbiol 2009 1.50
5 Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.12
6 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-restricted gene cfp32 encodes an expressed protein that is detectable in tuberculosis patients and is positively correlated with pulmonary interleukin-10. Infect Immun 2003 1.07
7 RDRio Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is associated with a higher frequency of cavitary pulmonary disease. J Clin Microbiol 2008 1.05
8 Cost-effectiveness analysis of PCR for the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis 2009 0.96
9 Comparison of two laboratory-developed PCR methods for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Brazilian patients with and without HIV infection. BMC Pulm Med 2011 0.89
10 Role of IFN-gamma +874 T/A single nucleotide polymorphism in the tuberculosis outcome among Brazilians subjects. Mol Biol Rep 2007 0.86
11 Genetic profile of the arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 coding gene among individuals from two different regions of Brazil. Mutat Res 2007 0.84
12 PCR colorimetric dot-blot assay and clinical pretest probability for diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in smear-negative patients. BMC Public Health 2007 0.83
13 Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Community Health Centers of Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2007 0.79
14 Sequence analysis of NAT2 gene in Brazilians: identification of undescribed single nucleotide polymorphisms and molecular modeling of the N-acetyltransferase 2 protein structure. Mutat Res 2010 0.77
15 Clinical presentation and survival of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients of a university general hospital in a developing country. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2003 0.76