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Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting by Reither, Klaus, Jugheli, Levan, Glass, Tracy R, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Mhimbira, Francis A, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Edwards, Timothy L, Mulder, Christiaan, Beyene, Negussie W, Mahoney, Amanda

“…This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of…”
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Diagnosis of Tuberculosis by Trained African Giant Pouched Rats and Confounding Impact of Pathogens and Microflora of the Respiratory Tract by Mgode, Georgies F, Weetjens, Bart J, Nawrath, Thorben, Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Machang'u, Robert S, Cohen-Bacrie, Stéphan, Bedotto, Marielle, Drancourt, Michel, Schulz, Stefan, Kaufmann, Stefan H E

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Short Report: Using Giant African Pouched Rats to Detect Tuberculosis in Human Sputum Samples: 2009 Findings by POLING, Alan, WEETJENS, Bart J, COX, Christophe, MGODE, Georgies, JUBITANA, Maureen, KAZWALA, Rudovic, MFINANGA, Godfrey S, HUIS IN 'T VELD, Diana

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Pouched Rats' Detection of Tuberculosis in Human Sputum: Comparison to Culturing and Polymerase Chain Reaction by Weetjens, Bart J., Mahoney, Amanda, Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Reither, Klaus, Makingi, George, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovick R., Mfinanga, Godfrey S., Kahwa, Amos, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Setting. Tanzania. Objective. To compare microscopy as conducted in direct observation of treatment, short course centers to pouched rats as detectors of…”
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Using Task Clarification and Feedback Training to Improve Staff Performance in an East African Nongovernmental Organization by Durgin, Amy, Mahoney, Amanda, Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart J., Poling, Alan

“…The present study used a multiple-baseline design to illustrate the effectiveness of an intervention package consisting of a multipurpose job aid and feedback…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis volatiles for diagnosis of tuberculosis by Cricetomys rats by Mgode, Georgies F, Weetjens, Bart J, Nawrath, Thorben, Lazar, Doris, Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Mahoney, Amanda, Kuipers, Dian, Machang'u, Robert S, Weiner, January, Schulz, Stefan, Kaufmann, Stefan H.E

“…Summary Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in regions with limited resources depends on microscopy with insufficient sensitivity. Rapid diagnostic tests of low cost…”
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Using Giant African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys Gambianus) to Detect Landmines by Poling, Alan, Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie W., Sully, Andrew

“…Within the past decade, giant pouched rats have been used successfully to detect landmines. This manuscript summarizes how these rats are trained and used…”
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Mycobacterium Genotypes in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Their Detection by Trained African Giant Pouched Rats by Mgode, Georgies F, Cohen-Bacrie, Stéphan, Bedotto, Marielle, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Kuipers, Dian, Machang’u, Robert S, Kazwala, Rudovick, Mfinanga, Sayoki G, Kaufmann, Stefan H. E, Drancourt, Michel

“…Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in low-income countries is mainly done by microscopy. Hence, little is known about the diversity of Mycobacterium spp. in TB…”
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Ability of Cricetomys rats to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis and discriminate it from other microorganisms by Mgode, Georgies F, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Machang’u, Robert S, Lazar, Doris, Weiner, January, Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, Kaufmann, Stefan H.E

“…Summary Trained African giant pouched rats ( Cricetomys gambianus ) have potential for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). These rats target volatile compounds of…”
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Giant African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys Gambianus) as Detectors of Tuberculosis in Human Sputum: Two Operational Improvements by Mahoney, Amanda, Edwards, Timothy L., Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Jubitana, Maureen, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Pouched rats can detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis , which causes tuberculosis, in human sputum. Historically, a phosphate-buffered saline solution was added…”
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Giant African Pouched Rats as Detectors of Tuberculosis in Human Sputum: Comparison of Two Techniques for Sputum Presentation by Mahoney, Amanda, Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovic, Mfinanga, Godfrey S., Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Previous studies have shown that pouched rats can detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , which causes tuberculosis, in human sputum samples…”
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Using giant African pouched rats to detect tuberculosis in human sputum samples: 2009 findings by Poling, Alan, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Mgode, Georgies, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovic, Mfinanga, Godfrey S, Huis In 't Veld, Diana

“…In 2009, giant African pouched rats trained to detect tuberculosis (TB) evaluated sputum samples from 10,523 patients whose sputum had previously been…”
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Teaching Giant African Pouched Rats to Find Landmines: Operant Conditioning With Real Consequences by Poling, Alan, Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Bach, Håvard, Sully, Andrew

“…Giant African pouched rats recently have been used as mine-detection animals in Mozambique. To provide an example of the wide range of problems to which…”
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Using giant African pouched rats to detect tuberculosis in human sputum samples: 2010 findings by Mahoney, Amanda M, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Mgode, Georgies, Jubitana, Maureen, Kuipers, Dian, Kazwala, Rudovic, Mfinanga, Godfrey S, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Giant African pouched rats previously have detected tuberculosis (TB) in human sputum samples in which the presence of TB was not initially detected by smear…”
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Detection of cigarettes and other tobacco products by giant African pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) by Mahoney, Amanda, La Londe, Kate, Edwards, Timothy L., Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart J., Poling, Alan

“…If the illicit tobacco trade were eliminated, governments could gain at least $31.3 billion a year, and more than 164,000 premature deaths a year could be…”
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Pouched rats' (Cricetomys gambianus) detection of Salmonella in horse feces by Mahoney, Amanda, Edwards, Timothy L., LaLonde, Kate, Beyene, Negussie, Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart J., Poling, Alan

“…A total of 5 giant African pouched rats detected 10- (95.3% sensitivity) and 100-fold dilutions (78.8% sensitivity) of broth from cultured Salmonella enterica…”
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Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting: e0135877 by Reither, Klaus, Jugheli, Levan, Glass, Tracy R, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Mhimbira, Francis A, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Edwards, Timothy L, Mulder, Christiaan, Beyene, Negussie W

“…Background This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in…”
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Using giant African pouched rats to detect tuberculosis in human sputum samples: 2010 findings by Amanda M Mahoney, Bart J Weetjens, Christophe Cox, Negussie Beyene, Georgies Mgode, Maureen Jubitana, Dian Kuipers, Rudovic Kazwala, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Amy Durgin, Alan Poling

“…Giant African pouched rats previously have detected tuberculosis (TB) in human sputum samples in which the presence of TB was not initially detected by smear…”
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