Latest TB research publications

• Will regulatory issues continue to be a major barrier to access to bedaquiline and delamanid?

March 2018  //  European Respiratory Journal  //

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• Surrogate endpoints in global health research: still searching for killer apps and silver bullets?

2018-02-20  //  BMJ Global Health  //

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• Next generation sequencing reveals changes of the γδ T cell receptor repertoires in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

2018-03-02  //  Scientific Reports  //

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• Catalysing progressive uptake of newer diagnostics by health care providers through outreach and education in four major cities of India

2018-03-06  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Accelerating access to quality TB care for pediatric TB cases through better diagnostic strategy in four major cities of India

2018-02-28  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Tuberculosis and lung damage: from epidemiology to pathophysiology

2018-02-28  //  European Respiratory Review  //

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• The role of agency in the implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT): Lessons from oMakoti in uMgungundlovu District, South Africa

2018-03-07  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Outcomes of HIV-infected versus HIV-non-infected patients treated for drug-resistance tuberculosis: Multicenter cohort study

2018-03-08  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Multidisease testing for HIV and TB using the GeneXpert platform: A feasibility study in rural Zimbabwe

2018-03-02  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ T cell frequency in the peripheral blood is a biomarker that distinguishes intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn’s disease

2018-02-28  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Impact of introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF test on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in a city with high TB incidence in Brazil

2018-03-08  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Household point of care CD4 testing and isoniazid preventive therapy initiation in a household TB contact tracing programme in two districts of South Africa

2018-03-02  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Tuberculosis control interventions targeted to previously treated people in a high-incidence setting: a modelling study

2018-02-19  //  The Lancet Global Health  //

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• Latent tuberculosis infection in foreign-born communities: Import vs. transmission in The Netherlands derived through mathematical modelling

2018-02-14  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Use of Verbal Autopsy to Determine Underlying Cause of Death during Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, India

2018-03-03  //  Emerging Infectious Diseases  //

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• Effectiveness of health education intervention in improving knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding Tuberculosis among HIV patients in General Hospital Minna, Nigeria – A randomized control trial

2018-02-22  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Molecular epidemiology and drug sensitivity pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in and around Ambo Town, Central Ethiopia

2018-02-15  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidylate kinase antigen assays for designating incipient, high-risk latent M.tb infection

2018-03-16  //  BMC Infectious Diseases  //

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• Identification of plasma biomarkers for discrimination between tuberculosis infection/disease and pulmonary non tuberculosis disease

2018-03-15  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Genetic diversity of drug and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in Veracruz, Mexico

2018-03-15  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Clustering and recent transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Chinese population

2018-03-06  //  Infection and Drug Resistance  //

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• Accelerating access to quality TB care for pediatric TB cases through better diagnostic strategy in four major cities of India

2018-02-28  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• PLGA particulate subunit tuberculosis vaccines promote humoral and Th17 responses but do not enhance control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

2018-03-19  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• The effect of metformin on culture conversion in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus

2018-03-16  //  Korean Journal of Internal Medicine  //

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• Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Ethiopia from 2003 to 2016, and impact of HIV co-infection and prior drug exposure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2018-03-19  //  PLOS ONE  //