Dolly Jackson-Sillah

Longitudinal Assessment of an ELISPOT Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (2007)

Philip C. Hill, Roger H. Brookes, Annette Fox, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, David J. Jeffries, Moses D. Lugos, ...

BackgroundVery little longitudinal information is available regarding the performance of T cell-based tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. To address this deficiency, we conducted a...

Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis: a clinic-based case control study in The Gambia (2006)

Hill, Philip C, Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Donkor, Simon A, Otu, Jacob, Adegbola, Richard A, Lienhardt, Christian

Abstract Background The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in Africa is on the rise, even in low-HIV prevalence settings. Few studies have attempted to identify possible reasons for this. We aimed to...

Reversion of the ELISPOT test after treatment in Gambian tuberculosis cases (2006)

Aiken, Alexander M, Hill, Philip C, Fox, Annette, McAdam, Keith PWJ, Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Lugos, Moses D, ...

Abstract Background New tools are required to improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, including enhanced ability to compare new treatment strategies. The ELISPOT assay uses Mycobacterium...

ESAT-6/CFP-10 Fusion Protein and Peptides for Optimal Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Ex Vivo Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay in The Gambia

Hill, Philip C., Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Fox, Annette, Lugos, Moses D., Jeffries, David J., ...

Overlapping peptides of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens ESAT-6 and CFP-10 offer increased specificity over the purified protein derivative skin test when they were used in an ex vivo...

ESAT-6/CFP-10 Fusion Protein and Peptides for Optimal Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Ex Vivo Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay in The Gambia

Hill, Philip C., Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Fox, Annette, Lugos, Moses D., Jeffries, David J., ...

Overlapping peptides of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens ESAT-6 and CFP-10 offer increased specificity over the purified protein derivative skin test when they were used in an ex vivo...

Longitudinal Assessment of an ELISPOT Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Hill, Philip C, Brookes, Roger H, Fox, Annette, Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Jeffries, David J, Lugos, Moses D, ...

Philip Hill and colleagues report that both ELISPOT conversion and reversion occur afterM. tuberculosis exposure in an endemic country and that the ELISPOT results agree poorly with results from the...