Upper-Room Ultraviolet Light and Negative Air Ionization to Prevent Tuberculosis Transmission (2009)
A. Roderick Escombe, Robert H. Gilman, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, Bailey Mitchell, ...
BackgroundInstitutional tuberculosis (TB) transmission is an important public health problem highlighted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB....
Validation of String Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infections
Velapatiño, Billie, Balqui, Jacqueline, Gilman, Robert H., Bussalleu, Alejandro, Quino, Willi, Finger, S. Alison, ...
The method of recovering Helicobacter pylori DNA or viable cells absorbed on a string that a person has swallowed and that is retrieved an hour later (string test) should be a useful alternative to...
Finger, S. Alison, Velapatiño, Billie, Kosek, Margaret, Santivañez, Livia, Dailidiene, Daiva, Quino, Willi, ...
We compared the robustness and discriminatory power of the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting methods for detecting...
Validation of String Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infections
Velapatiño, Billie, Balqui, Jacqueline, Gilman, Robert H., Bussalleu, Alejandro, Quino, Willi, Finger, S. Alison, ...
The method of recovering Helicobacter pylori DNA or viable cells absorbed on a string that a person has swallowed and that is retrieved an hour later (string test) should be a useful alternative to...
Finger, S. Alison, Velapatiño, Billie, Kosek, Margaret, Santivañez, Livia, Dailidiene, Daiva, Quino, Willi, ...
We compared the robustness and discriminatory power of the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting methods for detecting...
Grandjean, Louis, Martin, Laura, Gilman, Robert H., Valencia, Teresa, Herrera, Beatriz, Quino, Willi, ...
Tuberculosis culture usually requires sputum decontamination and centrifugation to prevent cultures from being overgrown by contaminating bacteria and fungi. However, decontamination destroys many...
Upper-Room Ultraviolet Light and Negative Air Ionization to Prevent Tuberculosis Transmission
Escombe, A. Roderick, Moore, David A. J, Gilman, Robert H, Navincopa, Marcos, Ticona, Eduardo, Mitchell, Bailey, ...
Using a guinea-pig detection model, Rod Escombe and colleagues find that upper-room UV lamps in hospital rooms can substantially reduce airborne transmission ofMycobacterium tuberculosis.