Citation

BibTex format

@article{Halliday:2021:10.3310/eme08050,
author = {Halliday, A and Jain, P and Hoang, L and Parker, R and Tolosa-Wright, M and Masonou, T and Green, N and Boakye, A and Takwoingi, Y and Hamilton, S and Mandagere, V and Fries, A and Coin, L and Deeks, J and White, PJ and Levin, M and Beverley, P and Kon, OM and Lalvani, A},
doi = {10.3310/eme08050},
journal = {Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation},
pages = {1--160},
title = {New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/eme08050},
volume = {8},
year = {2021}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - <jats:sec id="abs1-1"> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease for which new diagnostic tests are desperately needed.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="abs1-2"> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>To validate promising new technologies [namely whole-blood transcriptomics, proteomics, flow cytometry and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)] and existing signatures for the detection of active TB in samples obtained from individuals with suspected active TB.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="abs1-3"> <jats:title>Design</jats:title> <jats:p>Four substudies, each of which used samples from the biobank collected as part of the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Active TB study, which was a prospective cohort of patients recruited with suspected TB.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="abs1-4"> <jats:title>Setting</jats:title> <jats:p>Secondary care.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="abs1-5"> <jats:title>Participants</jats:title> <jats:p>Adults aged ≥ 16 years presenting as inpatients or outpatients at 12 NHS hospital trusts in London, Slough, Oxford, Leicester and Birmingham, with suspected active TB.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="abs1-6"> <jats:title>Interventions</jats:title> <jats:p>New tests using genome-wide gene expression microarray
AU - Halliday,A
AU - Jain,P
AU - Hoang,L
AU - Parker,R
AU - Tolosa-Wright,M
AU - Masonou,T
AU - Green,N
AU - Boakye,A
AU - Takwoingi,Y
AU - Hamilton,S
AU - Mandagere,V
AU - Fries,A
AU - Coin,L
AU - Deeks,J
AU - White,PJ
AU - Levin,M
AU - Beverley,P
AU - Kon,OM
AU - Lalvani,A
DO - 10.3310/eme08050
EP - 160
PY - 2021///
SN - 2050-4365
SP - 1
TI - New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study
T2 - Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/eme08050
UR - https://doi.org/10.3310/eme08050
VL - 8
ER -
Faculty of MedicineNational Heart and Lung Institute

General enquiries


NIHR HPRU in Respiratory Infections

Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh (VPD) Building
Level 5, Office 586
Imperial College London
Hammersmith Campus
Du Cane Road
London, W12 0NN

s.evetts@imperial.ac.uk