Karen Meywald-Walter

Predictive Value of a Whole Blood IFN-γ Assay for the Development of Active Tuberculosis Disease after Recent Infection with <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

Roland Diel, R. Loddenkemper, Karen Meywald-Walter et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2008 · 356 citations

Public Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Negative and Positive Predictive Value of a Whole-Blood Interferon-γ Release Assay for Developing Active Tuberculosis: An Update

Roland Diel, R. Loddenkemper, Stefan Niemann et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2010 · 285 citations

Public Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Comparative Performance of Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TB-Gold In Tube Assay, and T-Spot. TB Test in Contact Investigations for Tuberculosis

Roland Diel, R. Loddenkemper, Karen Meywald-Walter et al. · CHEST Journal · 2008 · 159 citations

Public Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +16

Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Hamburg, Germany: Long-Term Population-Based Analysis Applying Classical and Molecular Epidemiological Techniques

Roland Diel, Steffen Schneider, Karen Meywald-Walter et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2002 · 118 citations · Full text

Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +14

Tuberculosis contact investigation with a new, specific blood test in a low-incidence population containing a high proportion of BCG-vaccinated persons

Roland Diel, Albert Nienhaus, Christoph Lange et al. · Respiratory Research · 2006 · 104 citations · Full text

Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +17