Update on tuberculosis biomarkers: from correlates of risk, to correlates of active disease and of cure from disease

D Goletti, MR Lee, JY Wang, N Walter… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a devastating disease, yet despite its enormous toll on global
health, tools to control TB are insufficient and often outdated. TB Biomarkers (TB‐BM) would …

Human immunology of tuberculosis

TJ Scriba, AK Coussens, HA Fletcher - Microbiology spectrum, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Immunology is a central theme when it comes to tuberculosis (TB). The outcome of human
infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the ability of the immune …

Quantitative and qualitative profiles of circulating monocytes may help identifying tuberculosis infection and disease stages

MP La Manna, V Orlando, F Dieli, P Di Carlo, A Cascio… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important cause of morbidity and death among
infectious diseases, and continuous efforts are needed to improve diagnostic tools and …

TB vaccine development and the End TB Strategy: importance and current status

HA Fletcher, L Schrager - Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
TB is now the leading, global cause of death due to a single infectious microbe. To achieve
the End TB vision of reducing TB by 90% by 2035 we will need new interventions. The …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of monocyte to lymphocyte ratio for tuberculosis diagnosis and its role in monitoring anti-tuberculosis treatment: Systematic review and meta …

T Adane, M Melku, G Ayalew, G Bewket, M Aynalem… - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: High monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR) values may be associated with the
risk of active tuberculosis (TB) infection in adults, infants, and postpartum women with HIV …

Distinct transcriptional and anti-mycobacterial profiles of peripheral blood monocytes dependent on the ratio of monocytes: lymphocytes

V Naranbhai, HA Fletcher, R Tanner, MK O'Shea… - …, 2015 - thelancet.com
The ratio of monocytes and lymphocytes (ML ratio) in peripheral blood is associated with
tuberculosis and malaria disease risk and cancer and cardiovascular disease outcomes. We …

Bridging the gaps to overcome major hurdles in the development of next-generation tuberculosis vaccines

H Kim, HG Choi, SJ Shin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of death from an infectious
disease worldwide, the development of vaccines more effective than bacille Calmette …

Ratios from full blood count as markers for TB diagnosis, treatment, prognosis: a systematic review

N Fritschi, N Vaezipour, M Buettcher… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: The monocyte-to-lymphocyte (MLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR)
ratio are calculated from routine full blood counts. The aim of this study was to systematically …

Monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with tuberculosis disease and declines with anti-TB treatment in HIV-infected children

RK Choudhary, KM Wall, I Njuguna… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: The blood monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) is associated with active
tuberculosis (TB) in adults but has not been evaluated as a TB diagnostic biomarker in HIV …

The monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio: Sex-specific differences in the tuberculosis disease spectrum, diagnostic indices and defining normal ranges

TS Buttle, CY Hummerstone, T Billahalli, RJB Ward… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) has been advocated as a biomarker
in tuberculosis. Our objective was to evaluate its clinical value and associations. Methods …