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Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among people with acid-fast positive presumptive tuberculosis in Mali

Aissata Boubakar Cisse, Anna S. Dean, Armand Van Deun, Jelle Keysers, Willem-Bram De Rijk, Mourad Gumusboga, Hawa Samake, Seydou Arama, Bassirou Diarra, Ibrahim Djilla, Fatoumata N. Coulibaly, Hawa Simpara, Mamadou Berthe, Khadidia Ouattara, Yacouba Toloba, Ibrehima Guindo, Bouke de Jong, Leen Rigouts

published 18 Dec 2024

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Laboratory validation of a simplified DNA extraction protocol followed by a portable qPCR detection of M. tuberculosis DNA suitable for point of care settings

Tainá dos Santos Soares, Graziele Lima Bello, Ianca Moraes dos Santos Petry, Maria Rita Castilho Nicola, Larissa Vitoria da Silva, Regina Bones Barcellos, Joana Morez Silvestri, Maria Lucia Rossetti, Alexandre Dias Tavares Costa

published 16 Dec 2024

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stilPCR increases the effective sequencing length of Illumina targeted next-generation sequencing

Jason D. Limberis, Roland J. Nagel, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Dena Block, Scott Dewell, Alina Nalyvayko, Zach Howard, Grant Theron, Rouxjeane Venter, John Z. Metcalfe

published 09 Dec 2024

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Bridging the “know-do” gap to improve active case finding for tuberculosis in India: A qualitative exploration into national tuberculosis elimination program staffs’ perspectives

Hemant Deepak Shewade, Prabhadevi Ravichandran, S. Kiran Pradeep, G. Kiruthika, Devika Shanmugasundaram, Joshua Chadwick, Swati Iyer, Aniket Chowdhury, Dheeraj Tumu, Amar N. Shah, Bhavin Vadera, Venkatesh Roddawar, Sanjay K. Mattoo, Kiran Rade, Raghuram Rao, Manoj V. Murhekar

published 04 Nov 2024

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Machine learning algorithms to predict treatment success for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Shaik Ahamed Fayaz, Lakshmanan Babu, Loganathan Paridayal, Mahalingam Vasantha, Palaniyandi Paramasivam, Karuppasamy Sundarakumar, Chinnaiyan Ponnuraja

published 16 Oct 2024

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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among key and vulnerable populations in hotspot settings of Ethiopia. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Melese Abate Reta, Zelalem Asmare, Assefa Sisay, Yalewayker Gashaw, Ermias Getachew, Muluken Gashaw, Zelalem Dejazmach, Abdu Jemal, Solomon Gedfie, Getinet Kumie, Marye Nigatie, Wagaw Abebe, Agenagnew Ashagre, Tadesse Misganaw, Woldeteklehaymanot Kassahun, Selamyhun Tadesse, Alene Geteneh, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Nontuthuko Excellent Maningi, P. Bernard Fourie

published 29 Aug 2024

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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tongue swabs using sonication and sequence-specific hybridization capture

Alexander J. Yan, Alaina M. Olson, Kris M. Weigel, Angelique K. Luabeya, Erin Heiniger, Mark Hatherill, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Paul Yager

published 15 Aug 2024

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Sputum production and salivary microbiome in COVID-19 patients reveals oral-lung axis

Korina Yun-Fan Lu, Hend Alqaderi, Saadoun Bin Hasan, Hesham Alhazmi, Mohammad Alghounaim, Sriraman Devarajan, Marcelo Freire, Khaled Altabtbaei

published 25 Jul 2024

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Effectiveness of food supplement on treatment outcomes and quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis: Phased implementation approach

Amarendra Mahapatra, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Dina Nair, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini, Beena Thomas, Sanghamitra Pati, Gandham Bulliyya, Dasarathi Das, Jayeeta Chowdhury, Anand Bang, Soumya Swaminathan

published 16 Jul 2024

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Comparative genomics of Tn6411 transposons carrying the bla_IMP-1 gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Lin Zheng, Zixian Wang, Jingyi Guo, Jiayao Guan, Gejin Lu, Jie Jing, Shiwen Sun, Yang Sun, Xue Ji, Bowen Jiang, Yongjie Wang, Chuanfang Zhao, Lingwei Zhu, Xuejun Guo

published 09 Jul 2024

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Examining the influence of environmental factors on Acanthamoeba castellanii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in co-culture

Rhiannon E. Cecil, Deborah R. Yoder-Himes

published 24 Jun 2024

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Simultaneous alleviation of verification and reference standard biases in a community-based tuberculosis screening study using Bayesian latent class analysis

Alfred Kipyegon Keter, Fiona Vanobberghen, Lutgarde Lynen, Alastair Van Heerden, Jana Fehr, Stephen Olivier, Emily B. Wong, Tracy R. Glass, Klaus Reither, Els Goetghebeur, Bart K. M. Jacobs

published 10 Jun 2024

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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among casual labourers working in selected road construction sites in central Uganda

Ivan Ahimbisibwe, Cathbert Tumusiime, Laban Muteebwa, Ezekiel Mupere, Irene Andia Biraro

published 07 Jun 2024

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