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List of works by Peter Mwaba

Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

scientific article published on 24 March 2013

Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa

scientific article published in March 2018

Assessment of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis with gastric lavage aspirates in children in sub-Saharan Africa: a prospective descriptive study

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Burden of respiratory tract infections at post mortem in Zambian children

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Burden of tuberculosis at post mortem in inpatients at a tertiary referral centre in sub-Saharan Africa: a prospective descriptive autopsy study

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Cryptococcal meningitis screening and community-based early adherence support in people with advanced HIV infection starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Deaths due to respiratory tract infections in Africa: a review of autopsy studies

scientific article published on May 2013

Drug-resistant tuberculosis--current dilemmas, unanswered questions, challenges, and priority needs

scientific article published on 3 April 2012

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: time for visionary political leadership

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Early clinical and programmatic outcomes with tenofovir-based antiretroviral therapy in Zambia

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Early versus delayed initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive adults with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB-HAART): a prospective, international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

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Ebola: missed opportunities for Europe-Africa research

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Effect of Xpert MTB/RIF on clinical outcomes in routine care settings: individual patient data meta-analysis

article by Gian Luca Di Tanna et al published February 2019 in The Lancet Global Health

Effect on mortality of point-of-care, urine-based lipoarabinomannan testing to guide tuberculosis treatment initiation in HIV-positive hospital inpatients: a pragmatic, parallel-group, multicountry, open-label, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Emerging novel and antimicrobial-resistant respiratory tract infections: new drug development and therapeutic options

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Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay at a tertiary care referral hospital in a setting where tuberculosis and HIV infection are highly endemic

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Evaluation of the burden of unsuspected pulmonary tuberculosis and co-morbidity with non-communicable diseases in sputum producing adult inpatients

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Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

First sero-prevalence of dengue fever specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in Western and North-Western provinces of Zambia: a population based cross sectional study

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Frequency of APOE, MTHFR and ACE polymorphisms in the Zambian population

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Health services strengthening in Africa--research is a key component

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

High rates of congenital cytomegalovirus infection linked with maternal HIV infection among neonatal admissions at a large referral center in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects

scientific article published on April 2016

Identification of Pneumocystis carinii DNA by polymerase chain reaction in necropsy lung samples from children dying of respiratory tract illnesses

scientific article published in March 2002

Identification of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in oropharyngeal mouth washes from AIDS children dying of respiratory illnesses

scientific article published in April 2002

Implementing World Health Assembly Resolution 68.15: National surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia strategic plan development--the Zambian experience

scientific article published in June 2017

Implications of storing urinary DNA from different populations for molecular analyses

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Integrating public health research trials into health systems in Africa: individual or cluster randomisation?

scientific article published on 22 November 2013

Is there a role for chest radiography in identification of asymptomatic tuberculosis in HIV-infected people? ⬇️

scientific article published on November 8, 2003

Learning from epidemiological, clinical and immunological studies on Mycobacterium africanum for improving current understanding of host-pathogen interactions, and for the development and evaluation of diagnostics, host-directed therapies and [...]

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Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries

scholarly article by Angela Loyse et al published 18 October 2018 in Lancet Infectious Diseases

Leprosy trends in Zambia 1991-2009.

scientific article published on 29 July 2012

Lujo viral hemorrhagic fever: considering diagnostic capacity and preparedness in the wake of recent Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks

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Lung diseases at necropsy in African children dying from respiratory illnesses: a descriptive necropsy study

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Mapping Disparities in Access to Safe, Timely, and Essential Surgical Care in Zambia

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome--need for increased vigilance and watchful surveillance for MERS-CoV in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Monkeypox — Enhancing public health preparedness for an emerging lethal human zoonotic epidemic threat in the wake of the smallpox post-eradication era

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Multidrug-resistant TB in Zambia: review of national data from 2000 to 2011.

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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Zambia: prevalence, clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Zambia: a cohort analysis

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Perspectives on Advances in Tuberculosis Diagnostics, Drugs, and Vaccines

scientific article

Perspectives on tuberculosis in pregnancy

scientific article published on March 2015

Priorities for antiretroviral therapy research in sub-Saharan Africa: a 2002 consensus conference in Zambia

scientific article published in July 2004

Priorities in tuberculosis research

scientific article

Psychological distress and its relationship with non-adherence to TB treatment: a multicentre study

scientific article published on July 2015

Rapid Spread of Zika Virus in The Americas - Implications for Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings at the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games

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Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis through the detection of mycobacterial DNA in urine by nucleic acid amplification methods

scientific article published on August 2009

Rapid diagnostics urgently needed for killer infections

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Rapid point of care diagnostic tests for viral and bacterial respiratory tract infections--needs, advances, and future prospects.

scientific article

Reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS in infants: the contribution of improved diagnostics

scientific article published in November 2006

Reflections on the white plague

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Review of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB: global perspectives with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Risk assessment for yellow fever in western and North-Western provinces of Zambia

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Role of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in reducing mortality in HIV infected adults being treated for tuberculosis: randomised clinical trial

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Scale-up of services and research priorities for diagnosis, management, and control of tuberculosis: a call to action

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus specific IgG and IgM antibodies in North-Western and Western provinces of Zambia

scientific article

TB-HAART trial--authors' reply

scientific article published in January 2015

Taking forward the Stop TB Partnership and World Health Organization Joint Theme for World TB Day March 24th 2018 — “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World. You can make history. End TB”

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Taking forward the World TB Day 2016 theme 'Unite to End Tuberculosis' for the WHO Africa Region

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Test characteristics and potential impact of the urine LAM lateral flow assay in HIV-infected outpatients under investigation for TB and able to self-expectorate sputum for diagnostic testing

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

The Arc of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Capacity Development: Insights from a Decade of Partnership for Medical Education in Zambia

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

The Hajj pilgrimage and surveillance for Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus in pilgrims from African countries

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

The Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Zambia: Results from the First National TB Prevalence Survey, 2013-2014.

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

The adult prevalence of HIV in Zambia: results from a population based mobile testing survey conducted in 2013-2014.

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The biosocial dynamics of tuberculosis

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The global dynamics of diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of migration and policy implications

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The neglected global burden of tuberculosis in pregnancy

scientific article published on December 2014

Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

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Treatment of tuberculosis: present status and future prospects.

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Trends in all-cause mortality during the scale-up of an antiretroviral therapy programme: a cross-sectional study in Lusaka, Zambia

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Trends in childhood tuberculosis in Zambia: a situation analysis

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Trends of Zambia's tuberculosis burden over the past two decades

scientific article published on 29 July 2011

Tuberculosis and mass gatherings-opportunities for defining burden, transmission risk, and the optimal surveillance, prevention, and control measures at the annual Hajj pilgrimage

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Tuberculosis and tuberculosis/HIV/AIDS-associated mortality in Africa: the urgent need to expand and invest in routine and research autopsies

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Tuberculosis at post-mortem in inpatient adults at a tertiary referral centre in sub-Saharan Africa – A prospective descriptive autopsy study

scientific article published in 2015

Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases: integrating health services and control efforts

scientific article published on 24 March 2013

Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities

scientific article published on 10 April 2012

Tuberculosis in association with HIV/AIDS emerges as a major nonobstetric cause of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

Tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa – a potential time bomb

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Tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa--the need for improved health services, surveillance and control

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Tuberculosis treatment and management--an update on treatment regimens, trials, new drugs, and adjunct therapies

scientific article published on 09 March 2015

Tuberculosis--advances in development of new drugs, treatment regimens, host-directed therapies, and biomarkers

scientific article published on April 2016

Tuberculosis: progress and advances in development of new drugs, treatment regimens, and host-directed therapies

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Urine for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: current approaches, clinical applicability, and new developments

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Use of dried whole blood spots to measure CD4+ lymphocyte counts in HIV-1-infected patients

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Use of the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF assay for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis comorbidity and multidrug-resistant TB in obstetrics and gynaecology inpatient wards at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

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Viewpoint: Scientific dogmas, paradoxes and mysteries of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

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Whole blood versus plasma spots for measurement of HIV-1 viral load in HIV-infected African patients

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Why healthcare workers are sick of TB.

scientific article published on March 2015

World TB Day 2010 - New innovations are required for enhancing the global fight against Tuberculosis: the ‘Captain of all these men of death’

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World TB Day 2016: reflections on the global TB emergency

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

World TB Day 2017: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities in the "End-TB" Era.

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

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