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List of works by Mark Nicol

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Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study

scientific article (publication date: 30 April 2011)

Variable host-pathogen compatibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article (publication date: 21 February 2006)

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

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Screening for HIV-associated tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance before antiretroviral therapy using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a prospective study

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Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

scientific article published in June 2014

Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis

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Accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children admitted to hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study

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Xpert® MTB/RIF assay: development, evaluation and implementation of a new rapid molecular diagnostic for tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance

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Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF.

scientific article published on August 2015

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Acquired predisposition to mycobacterial disease due to autoantibodies to IFN-gamma

scientific article published on 25 August 2005

Recent and rapid emergence of W-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa

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The clinical consequences of strain diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Type 1 helper T cells and FoxP3-positive T cells in HIV-tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF for TB diagnosis in a primary care clinic with high TB and HIV prevalence in South Africa: a pragmatic randomised trial

scientific article (publication date: November 2014)

A deletion defining a common Asian lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associates with immune subversion

scientific article published on 6 October 2006

Rapid molecular diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children using nasopharyngeal specimens

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Investigating the early-life determinants of illness in Africa: the Drakenstein Child Health Study.

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A multisite assessment of the quantitative capabilities of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay

scientific article published on November 2011

New specimens and laboratory diagnostics for childhood pulmonary TB: progress and prospects

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Aetiology of childhood pneumonia in a well vaccinated South African birth cohort: a nested case-control study of the Drakenstein Child Health Study

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Association between Gc genotype and susceptibility to TB is dependent on vitamin D status

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Comparison of T-SPOT.TB assay and tuberculin skin test for the evaluation of young children at high risk for tuberculosis in a community setting

scientific article published in January 2009

High levels of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in new and treatment-failure patients from the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in an urban metropolis (Mumbai) in Western India

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Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Responses to Early Secretory Antigenic Target 6, Culture Filtrate Protein 10, and Purified Protein Derivative among Children with Tuberculosis: Implications for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy

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Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: new advances

scientific article published on March 2010

Determine TB-LAM lateral flow urine antigen assay for HIV-associated tuberculosis: recommendations on the design and reporting of clinical studies

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Increasing the value of health research in the WHO African Region beyond 2015--reflecting on the past, celebrating the present and building the future: a bibliometric analysis

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Xpert MTB/RIF testing of stool samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Diagnostic accuracy of a rapid urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

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Distinct Patterns in Human Milk Microbiota and Fatty Acid Profiles Across Specific Geographic Locations

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infections and false-negative results for rifampin resistance by GeneXpert MTB/RIF are associated with poor clinical outcomes

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Incidence and severity of childhood pneumonia in the first year of life in a South African birth cohort: the Drakenstein Child Health Study

scientific article published on February 2015

Molecular epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: a systematic review

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Delays and loss to follow-up before treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis following implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF in South Africa: A retrospective cohort study

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Distribution of strain families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease in hospitalized children in Cape Town, South Africa

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Impact of Decentralized Care and the Xpert MTB/RIF Test on Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Initiation in Khayelitsha, South Africa

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Rapid microbiological screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients on the first day of acute hospital admission by systematic testing of urine samples using Xpert MTB/RIF: a prospective cohort in South Africa

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in African children in a primary care setting by use of Xpert MTB/RIF on respiratory specimens: a prospective study

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

Xpert MTB/RIF for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis from fine-needle-aspiration biopsy specimens

scientific article published on 31 August 2011

A comparison of the efficiency of five different commercial DNA extraction kits for extraction of DNA from faecal samples

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Modern lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibit lineage-specific patterns of growth and cytokine induction in human monocyte-derived macrophages

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Reconstitution of antimycobacterial immune responses in HIV-infected children receiving HAART.

scientific article published in April 2006

Diagnostic accuracy, incremental yield and prognostic value of Determine TB-LAM for routine diagnostic testing for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients requiring acute hospital admission in South Africa: a prospective cohort

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Failure to control growth of mycobacteria in blood from children infected with human immunodeficiency virus and its relationship to T cell function

scientific article published on 30 April 2003

Urine lipoarabinomannan testing for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a prospective study

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The spread of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in Africa: a systematic review

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HIV-Related Medical Admissions to a South African District Hospital Remain Frequent Despite Effective Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up

scientific article published on December 2015

Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from western Maharashtra, India, exhibit a high degree of diversity and strain-specific associations with drug resistance, cavitary disease, and treatment failure

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Advances in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children

scientific article published on November 15, 2011