L M Verhagen

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Publications

  1. ncbi Helminths and skewed cytokine profiles increase tuberculin skin test positivity in Warao Amerindians
    L M Verhagen
    Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela
    Tuberculosis (Edinb) 92:505-12. 2012
  2. ncbi High prevalence of acute respiratory tract infections among Warao Amerindian children in Venezuela in relation to low immunization coverage and chronic malnutrition
    Lilly M Verhagen
    Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:255-62. 2012
  3. ncbi Factors underlying diagnostic delay in tuberculosis patients in a rural area in Tanzania: a qualitative approach
    L M Verhagen
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Infection 38:433-46. 2010
  4. ncbi Mycobacterial factors relevant for transmission of tuberculosis
    Lilly M Verhagen
    Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
    J Infect Dis 203:1249-55. 2011

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Helminths and skewed cytokine profiles increase tuberculin skin test positivity in Warao Amerindians
    L M Verhagen
    Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela
    Tuberculosis (Edinb) 92:505-12. 2012
    ..01). We conclude that helminth infections and low Th1 cytokine plasma levels are significantly associated with TST positivity in indigenous Venezuelan pediatric TB contacts...
  2. ncbi High prevalence of acute respiratory tract infections among Warao Amerindian children in Venezuela in relation to low immunization coverage and chronic malnutrition
    Lilly M Verhagen
    Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:255-62. 2012
    ..We performed a cross-sectional survey to describe the prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections and acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) and associations with malnutrition and immunization status...
  3. ncbi Factors underlying diagnostic delay in tuberculosis patients in a rural area in Tanzania: a qualitative approach
    L M Verhagen
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Infection 38:433-46. 2010
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  4. ncbi Mycobacterial factors relevant for transmission of tuberculosis
    Lilly M Verhagen
    Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
    J Infect Dis 203:1249-55. 2011
    ..Tuberculosis (TB) transmission is associated with patient-related risk factors. However, DNA fingerprint analysis has provided anecdotal evidence suggesting a role for bacteriological factors...