Search Results - "Milimo, Deborah"
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The sensitivity and specificity of using a computer aided diagnosis program for automatically scoring chest X-rays of presumptive TB patients compared with Xpert MTB/RIF in Lusaka Zambia
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) program for scoring chest x-rays (CXRs) of presumptive tuberculosis (TB)…”
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Integrating molecular and radiological screening tools during community-based active case-finding for tuberculosis and COVID-19 in southern Africa
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-08-2024)“…•Community-based integration of TB and COVID-19 screening is feasible.•Point-of-care molecular and radiological screening tools have high diagnostic…”
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Digital CXR with computer aided diagnosis versus symptom screen to define presumptive tuberculosis among household contacts and impact on tuberculosis diagnosis
Published in BMC infectious diseases (24-04-2017)“…Household (HH) contact tracing is a strategy that targets high risk groups for TB. Symptom based screening is the standard used to identify HH contacts at risk…”
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Prevalence and risk of burnout among HIV service providers in South Africa and Zambia: findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial
Published in Human resources for health (08-07-2024)“…In the high disease burden and resource-constrained contexts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), health workers experience a range of psychosocial stressors that…”
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Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings
Published in PloS one (01-06-2015)“…The current cost of Xpert MTB RIF (Xpert) consumables is such that algorithms are needed to select which patients to prioritise for testing with Xpert. To…”
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The Effect of HIV on the Association of Hyperglycaemia and Active Tuberculosis in Zambia, a Case–Control Study
Published in Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (07-05-2024)“…Abstract Objectives To determine if HIV modifies the association between hyperglycaemia and active tuberculosis in Lusaka, Zambia. Methods A case–control study…”
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Diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis : discordant results by diagnostic methods
Published in African journal of laboratory medicine (2018)“…The performance of the Xpert© MTB/RIF and MTBDRplus assays for the detection of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis was compared to culture-based…”
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Sensitivity, Specificity, and Reproducibility of the Capilia TB-Neo Assay
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-12-2013)“…Classifications Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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OA-208 Evaluating the impact of computer-assisted x-ray diagnosis and other triage tools to optimise Xpert orientated community-based active case finding for TB and COVID-19 (XACT-19)
Published in BMJ global health (17-12-2023)“…BackgroundAlmost 40% of persons newly diagnosed with TB are unreported. Detecting cases in TB/HIV endemic communities have been restricted by a lack of…”
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DISCORDANT RESULTS BETWEEN GENOTYPIC ASSAYS (XPERT MTB/RIF AND HAIN MTBDRPLUS) AND BACTEC MGIT 960 SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF RIFAMPICIN-RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ISOLATES IN ZAMBIA
Published in BMJ global health (01-02-2017)“…BackgroundCombination of genotypic assays (Xpert MTB/ RIF and MTBDRplus (LiPA) would be a powerful tool to shorten the time for diagnosis of MDR tuberculosis…”
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