TB REACH publications

Community-based active case-finding to reach the most vulnerable: tuberculosis in tribal areas of India

A. Vyas, J. Creswell, A. J. Codlin, R. Stevens, V. G. Rao, B. Kumar, S. Khaparde, S. Sahu 3 December 2018 - The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Programmatic Impact of Implementing GeneXpert MTB/ RIF Assay for the Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspected Patients in Resource Limited Laboratory Settings of Eastern Nepal

Prakash Shrestha, Hemanta Khanal, Prasanna Dahal, Pranita Dongol 28 February 2018 - Open Mircobiology Journal

Results from a roving, active case finding initiative to improve tuberculosis detection among older people in rural cambodia using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and chest X-ray

Andrew James Codlin Chry Monyrath Mom Ky Lisanne Gerstel Jacob Creswell Mao Tan Eang 1 December 2018 - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Poor continuity of care for TB diagnosis and treatment in Zambian Prisons: a situation analysis

S. Hatwiinda, S. M. Topp, M. Siyambango, J. B. Harris, K. R. Maggard, C. Chileshe, N. Kapata, S. E. Reid and G. Henostroza 12 December 2017 - Tropical Medicine & International Health

Health extension workers improve tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome in Ethiopia: a large-scale implementation study

Daniel G Datiko, Mohammed A Yassin, Sally J Theobald, Lucie Blok, Sahu Suvanand, Jacob Creswell, Luis E Cuevas

Tuberculosis active case finding in Cambodia: a pragmatic, cost-effectiveness comparison of three implementation models

Richard James, Keovathanak Khim, Lydia Boudarene, Joanne Yoong, Chea Phalla, Saly Saint, Pichenda Koeut, Tan Eang Mao , Richard Coker, and Mishal Sameer Khan

A score to predict and stratify risk of tuberculosis in adult contacts of tuberculosis index cases: a prospective derivation and external validation cohort study

Matthew J Saunders, Tom Wingfield, Marco A Tovar, Matthew R Baldwin, Sumona Datta, Karine Zevallos, Rosario Montoya, Teresa R Valencia, Jon S Friedland, Larry H Moulton, Robert H Gilman, Carlton A Evans 18 August 2017 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases

An evaluation of innovative community-based approaches and systematic tuberculosis screening to improve tuberculosis case detection in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Daniel C Oshi, Joachim C Omeje, Sarah N Oshi, Isaac N Alobu, Ngozi E Chukwu, Chukwuemeka Nwokocha, Obiageli F Emelumadu, Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Anthony O Meka, Kingsley N Ukwaja 31 July 2017 - The International Journal of Mycobacteriology

Prediction of Under-Detection of Paediatric Tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Experience of Six Years in the South-Kivu Province

Emmanuel André , Yvette Lufungulo Bahati, Eric Mulume Musafiri, Olivier Bahati Rusumba, Dimitri Van der Linden, Francis Zech 6 January 2017 - PLOS ONE

Intensificación de casos de tuberculosis en la Suazilandia: ¿quién se puede encontrar en un domicilio con un alto nivel de carga de TB/ VIH?

Lucia Gonzalez , Katherine Ngo , Pilar Alonso Ustero, Rachel Golin , Florence Anabwani , Bulisile Mzileni, Welile Sikhondze , Anna Maria Mandalakas 2 May 2017 - Residência Pediátrica

BUTIMBA: Intensifying the Hunt for Child TB in Swaziland through Household Contact Tracing

Anna Maria Mandalakas , Katherine Ngo, Pilar Alonso Ustero, Rachel Golin, Florence Anabwani, Bulisile Mzileni, Welile Sikhondze, Robert Stevens 20 January 2017 - PLOS ONE

An evaluation of automated chest radiography reading software for tuberculosis screening among public- and private-sector patients

Md Toufiq Rahman, Andrew J. Codlin, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Ayenun Nahar, Mehdi Reja, Tariqul Islam, Zhi Zhen Qin, Md Abdus Shakur Khan, Sayera Banu, Jacob Creswell 1 May 2017 - European Respiratory Journal