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Does distance to healthcare facility affect care-seeking for TB-related symptoms in Tanzania?
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BACKGROUND: In high TB burden countries, delayed diagnosis remains a big challenge in TB control. The objective of this study is to assess the role of distance between residence and healthcare facility (HCF) on care-seeking among indivi...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Reasons for, and factors associated with, positive HIV retesting: a cross-sectional study in Eswatini
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ABSTRACT Eswatini has a high HIV prevalence but has made progress towards improving HIV-status awareness, ART uptake and viral suppression. However, there is still a delay in ART initiation, which could partly be attributed to positive ...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Neighbourhood risk factors of recurrent tuberculosis in Cape Town: a cohort study using geocoded notification data
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Background Individuals with a history of tuberculosis (TB) disease are at higher risk of developing a subsequent episode than those without. Considering the role of social and environmental factors in tuberculosis, we assessed neighbour...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Rifapentine access in Europe: growing concerns over key tuberculosis treatment component
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Rifapentine, a synthetic derivate of rifampicin which was developed in 1965, has interesting pharmacological properties, including a long terminal half-life (13 h, compared to 2–3 h for rifampicin) and promising bactericidal activity ag...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Availability and costs of medicines for the treatment of tuberculosis in Europe
Publication · September 01, 2025
Cost and availability of drugs and treatment regimens and availability of drug resistance testing for tuberculosis in Europe
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Background: Access to comprehensive diagnostics and novel anti-tuberculosis medicines is crucial to improve tuberculosis control at times of emerging Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance. Methods: We investigated access to genotyp...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Unbiased antimicrobial resistance prevalence estimates through population-based surveillance.
Publication · September 01, 2025
Monocyte to lymphocyte ratio and hemoglobin level to predict tuberculosis after antiretroviral therapy initiation
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Objective: To determine the performance of the baseline monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR), baseline anemia severity and combination of these biomarkers, to predict tuberculosis (TB) incidence in people with HIV (PWH) after antiretrovir...
Publication · September 01, 2025
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