Latent and active tuberculosis infections in migrants and travellers: A retrospective analysis from the Spanish +REDIVI collaborative network

Wikman-Jorgensen, Philip; López‐Vélez, Rogelio; Llenas-García, Jara; Treviño, Begoña; Pascual, Reyes; Molina, Israel; Domínguez, Ángel; Torrús, Diego; Giardín, José Manuel Ruiz; Monge‐Maíllo, Begoña; Norman, Francesca; Romero, Mónica; Perez-Molina, José A.; Aguilera, Paloma; Serrano, María Martínez; Rodriguez, M. Garcia; Menéndez, Marta Díaz; Meije, Yolanda; Martínez-Montauti, Joaquim; Sanz, X.; Tenza, Isabel Pacheco; Cuello, Inmaculada González; López, Belén Martínez; Masiá, Mar; Padilla, Sergio; Ramos‐Rincón, José‐Manuel; Malmierca, Eduardo; Suárez‐García, Inés; Pérez‐Ayala, Ana; Herrero, Juan María; Lizasoaín, Manuel; Rojo, Pablo; Zarco, Carlos; Rodríguez-Guardado, Azucena; Rodríguez, Julián; Ribeiro, Jose Antonio Boga; Agirre, Josune Goikoetxea; Sulibarría, Miren Zuriñe Zubero; López, Juan Victor Sanmartín; Arribas, María Velasco; Muñoz, Eva; Ribas, Ana Mena; Vera, María Peñaranda; Montalvá, Adrián Sánchez; Salvador, Fernando; Moreno, Liliana; Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar; Serre-Delcor, Núria; Soriano‐Arandes, Antoni; Oliveira-Souto, Inés; Ciruelo, Diana Pou; Bocanegra, Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.07.016

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“…Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis , a communicable disease, was alone responsible for the highest mortality rate due to a single infectious microbe until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic [ 1 , 2 ]. Nearly 10 million people are estimated to have developed TB globally in 2019 alone, with more than 1.4 million deaths [ 3 ].…”

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Miniaturized Rapid Electrochemical Immunosensor Based on Screen Printed Carbon Electrodes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection

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In 2019, over 21% of an estimated 10 million new tuberculosis (TB) patients were either not diagnosed at all or diagnosed without being reported to public health authorities. It is therefore critical to develop newer and more rapid and effective point-of-care diagnostic tools to combat the global TB epidemic. PCR-based diagnostic methods such as Xpert MTB/RIF are quicker than conventional techniques, but their applicability is restricted by the need for specialized laboratory equipment and the substantial cost of scaling-up in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of TB is high. Meanwhile, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) amplifies nucleic acids under isothermal conditions with a high efficiency, helps in the early detection and identification of infectious diseases, and can be performed without the need for sophisticated thermocycling equipment. In the present study, the LAMP assay was integrated with screen-printed carbon electrodes and a commercial potentiostat for real time cyclic voltammetry analysis (named as the LAMP-Electrochemical (EC) assay). The LAMP-EC assay was found to be highly specific to TB-causing bacteria and capable of detecting even a single copy of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) IS6110 DNA sequence. Overall, the LAMP-EC test developed and evaluated in the present study shows promise to become a cost-effective tool for rapid and effective diagnosis of TB.

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Miniaturized Rapid Electrochemical Immunosensor Based on Screen Printed Carbon Electrodes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection

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“…However, such surveillance is usually restricted to certain designated reportable diseases, such as malaria or certain arboviral infections. Country-specific nongovernmental networks like Redivi in Spain [1,2] or the Emerging Infection Network in the United States [https://ein.idsociety.org/], and European networks such as TropNet [http://www.tropnet.net/] also concentrate only on selected infectious diseases. By contrast, international surveillance networks such as GeoSentinel and its European sub-network, EuroTravNet, specifically undertake surveillance on travel-and migration-associated infections.…”

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