Search Results - "RANGAKA, Molebogeng X"
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A user-centred design framework for mHealth
Published in PloS one (19-08-2020)“…Mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to improve access to healthcare, especially in developing countries. The proliferation of mHealth has not been…”
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Controlling the seedbeds of tuberculosis: diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis infection
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (05-12-2015)“…Summary The billions of people with latent tuberculosis infection serve as the seedbeds for future cases of active tuberculosis. Virtually all episodes of…”
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Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews (01-01-2014)“…Classifications Services CMR Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Isoniazid plus antiretroviral therapy to prevent tuberculosis: a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (23-08-2014)“…Summary Background Antiretroviral therapy reduces the risk of tuberculosis, but tuberculosis is more common in people with HIV than in people without HIV. We…”
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Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-01-2012)“…Summary Background We aimed to assess whether interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) can predict the development of active tuberculosis and whether the predictive…”
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Randomized placebo-controlled trial of prednisone for paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
Published in AIDS (London) (24-09-2010)“…Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is a frequent complication of antiretroviral therapy in…”
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Update in Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria 2017
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-05-2018)“…[...]major advances in the understanding of TB pathogenesis (including vaccine development) and transmission, together with new tools for the diagnosis and…”
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Neurologic Manifestations of Paradoxical Tuberculosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Case Series
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-06-2009)“…Background. Paradoxical neurologic tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is a potentially life-threatening condition…”
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Reciprocal seasonal variation in vitamin D status and tuberculosis notifications in Cape Town, South Africa
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-11-2011)“…Vitamin D deficiency is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-uninfected people in Europe, but it is not known whether such an association…”
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in tropical and low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-regression
Published in PloS one (02-08-2013)“…Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), the commonest opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients in the developed world, is less commonly described in…”
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Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic technologies for mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in India and Brazil
Published in PLOS global public health (13-11-2024)“…The economic value of new skin-based tests and blood-based interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for tuberculosis (TB) infection is not yet well-established…”
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Are mRNA based transcriptomic signatures ready for diagnosing tuberculosis in the clinic? - A review of evidence and the technological landscape
Published in EBioMedicine (01-08-2022)“…Advances in discovery and validation of diagnostic, prognostic and treatment-monitoring transcriptomic signatures of tuberculosis (TB) disease could accelerate…”
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End-point definition and trial design to advance tuberculosis vaccine development
Published in European respiratory review (30-06-2022)“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading infectious cause of death worldwide and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has negatively impacted the global TB burden…”
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Evaluating the effect of short-course rifapentine-based regimens with or without enhanced behaviour-targeted treatment support on adherence and completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among adults in the UK (RID-TB: Treat): protocol for an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Published in BMJ open (06-09-2022)“…IntroductionThe successful scale-up of a latent tuberculosis (TB) infection testing and treatment programme is essential to achieve TB elimination. However,…”
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Novel Relationship between Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome and Antitubercular Drug Resistance
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-03-2009)“…Background. Tuberculosis (TB) immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is emerging as an important early complication of combination antiretroviral…”
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Validation of Commercial SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassays in a Nigerian Population
Published in Microbiology spectrum (01-10-2021)“…Validated assays are essential for reliable serosurveys; however, most SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays have been validated using specimens from China, Europe, or U.S…”
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Latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment in congregate settings (TB FREE COREA): protocol for a prospective observational study in Korea
Published in BMJ open (18-02-2020)“…IntroductionSouth Korea regards tuberculosis (TB) incidence in congregate settings as a serious problem. To this end, systematic latent TB infection (LTBI)…”
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Health and illness beliefs in adults with tuberculosis infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Published in Dialogues in health (01-06-2024)“…COVID-19 disrupted the TB prevention programme in the UK, especially for TB infection (TBI) care. We explore whether experience of the COVID-19 pandemic…”
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Economic evaluation of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection: A modelling study
Published in PLOS global public health (2023)“…Evidence on the economic impact of novel skin tests for tuberculosis infection (TBST) is scarce and limited by study quality. We used estimates on the…”
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Altered ratio of IFN-γ/IL-10 in patients with drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV- Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Published in PloS one (10-10-2012)“…We have described a clinical relationship between HIV-Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (TB-IRIS) and anti-tubercular drug resistance…”
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