| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
BCG vaccination status may predict sputum conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a new consideration for an old vaccine?
|
Thorax
|
2010
|
1.69
|
|
2
|
Detecting a low prevalence of latent tuberculosis among health care workers in Denmark detected by M. tuberculosis specific IFN-gamma whole-blood test.
|
Scand J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.38
|
|
3
|
The impact of HIV infection and CD4 cell count on the performance of an interferon gamma release assay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.24
|
|
4
|
Effect of sex, age, and race on the clinical presentation of tuberculosis: a 15-year population-based study.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2011
|
1.03
|
|
5
|
Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 polymorphisms are associated with microscopy-positive tuberculosis.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.03
|
|
6
|
Incidence, risk factors and mortality of tuberculosis in Danish HIV patients 1995-2007.
|
BMC Pulm Med
|
2011
|
0.97
|
|
7
|
The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2012
|
0.94
|
|
8
|
First-in-man open clinical trial of a combined rdESAT-6 and rCFP-10 tuberculosis specific skin test reagent.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
9
|
Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients from Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
10
|
Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.86
|
|
11
|
Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
12
|
Risk of sensitization in healthy adults following repeated administration of rdESAT-6 skin test reagent by the Mantoux injection technique.
|
Tuberculosis (Edinb)
|
2009
|
0.83
|
|
13
|
Drug resistance in HIV patients with virological failure or slow virological response to antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
14
|
Sex, smoking, and socioeconomic status are associated with body composition among tuberculosis patients in a deuterium dilution cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
J Nutr
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
15
|
The prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection based on an interferon-γ release assay: a cross-sectional survey among urban adults in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
16
|
BCG protects against tuberculosis irrespective of HIV status: a matched case-control study in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
Thorax
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
17
|
Increased level of acute phase reactants in patients infected with modern Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
18
|
Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance pattern among pulmonary tuberculosis patients with or without HIV infection in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
Tanzan J Health Res
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
19
|
How dormant is Mycobacterium tuberculosis during latency? A study integrating genomics and molecular epidemiology.
|
Infect Genet Evol
|
2011
|
0.75
|