List of works - Ebrahim Variava

Acute Kidney Injury, Risk Factors, and Prognosis in Hospitalized HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa, Compared by Tenofovir Exposure

scientific article published on August 2016

Attributable Fraction of Influenza Virus Detection to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illnesses in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Patients, South Africa, 2012-2016.

scientific article

Brief Report: Late Efavirenz-Induced Ataxia and Encephalopathy: A Case Series

scientific article published on 17 May 2017

Case-ascertained study of household transmission of seasonal influenza - South Africa, 2013.

scientific article

Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa

scholarly article by Fahima Moosa et al published 21 March 2019 in BMC Infectious Diseases

Community-based targeted case finding for tuberculosis and HIV in household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in South Africa

scientific article

Cost and resource use of patients on antiretroviral therapy in the urban and semiurban public sectors of South Africa

scientific article

Costs of inpatient treatment for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

article

Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Development of a respiratory severity score for hospitalized adults in a high HIV-prevalence setting-South Africa, 2010-2011.

scientific article

Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in a High HIV prevalence setting

scientific article

Drug-drug interactions between bedaquiline and the antiretrovirals lopinavir/ritonavir and nevirapine in HIV-infected patients with drug-resistant TB.

scientific article

Efficiency and safety of the combination of moxifloxacin, pretomanid (PA-824), and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of antituberculosis treatment: a phase 2b, open-label, partly randomised trial in patients with drug-susceptible or drug-resista

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

Enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus serotypes identified in South African patients with severe acute respiratory illness, 2009-2011.

scientific article

Enterovirus genotypes among patients with severe acute respiratory illness, influenza-like illness, and asymptomatic individuals in South Africa, 2012-2014.

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Epidemiology and Molecular Identification and Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, South Africa, 2012-2015.

scientific article published in March 2018

Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012.

scientific article

Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ≥5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012.

scientific article

Epidemiology of viral-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection among children <5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2012

scientific article

Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of human rhinoviruses in South Africa

scientific article

HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

HIV-1 antiretroviral drug resistance patterns in patients failing NNRTI-based treatment: results from a national survey in South Africa.

scientific article

Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

High nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density, increased by viral coinfection, is associated with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis but low sensitivity of symptom screening among HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa

scientific article

Human bocavirus, coronavirus, and polyomavirus detected among patients hospitalised with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa, 2012 to 2013

article published in 2018

Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Incidence of TB and HIV in prospectively followed household contacts of TB index patients in South Africa

scientific article

Indoor air pollution from secondhand tobacco smoke, solid fuels, and kerosene in homes with active tuberculosis disease in South Africa

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010-2011.

scientific article

Intra-host and intra-household diversity of influenza A viruses during household transmissions in the 2013 season in 2 peri-urban communities of South Africa.

scientific article

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about influenza illness and vaccination: a cross-sectional survey in two South African communities

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Latent tuberculous infection in schoolchildren and contact tracing in Matlosana, North West Province, South Africa

scientific article published on November 2015

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

scientific article

Manuscript title: Multidisciplinary Point of Care testing in South African primary healthcare clinics accelerates HIV ART initiation but does not alter retention in care

scientific article

Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013.

scientific article

Parainfluenza Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children and Adults Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2009-2014.

scientific article

Performance of Surveillance Case Definitions in Detecting Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Young Children Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2014

scholarly article by Brian Rha et al published 21 June 2018 in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Predictors of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients in South Africa

scientific article published on September 2013

Quantifying how Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-Associated Illness: a Modeling Study from South Africa

scientific article published in 2018

Quantitative analysis of a urine-based assay for detection of lipoarabinomannan in patients with tuberculosis

scientific article

Relevance and acceptability of using the Quantiferon gold test (QGIT) to screen CD4 blood draws for latent TB infection among PLHIV in South Africa: formative qualitative research findings from the TEKO trial.

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Respiratory syncytial virus in adults with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV prevalence setting

scientific article

Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015

scientific article

Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011.

scientific article

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012-2014.

scientific article

The Fraction of Rhinovirus Detections Attributable to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illness in a Setting of High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence, South Africa, 2013–2015

scholarly article by Orienka Hellferscee et al published 22 December 2018 in Journal of Infectious Diseases

The Impact of Influenza and Tuberculosis Interaction on Mortality Among Individuals Aged ≥15 Years Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2010-2016

scholarly article by Sibongile Walaza et al published March 2019 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Use of Xpert MTB/Rif for Active Case Finding among TB Contacts in North West Province, South Africa.

scientific article published on 14 July 2016

The effects of the attributable fraction and the duration of symptoms on burden estimates of influenza-associated respiratory illnesses in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2013-2015.

scientific article

The role of influenza, RSV and other common respiratory viruses in severe acute respiratory infections and influenza-like illness in a population with a high HIV sero-prevalence, South Africa 2012-2015.

scientific article

The use of decentralized GeneXpert by trained non-laboratory technicians in rural clinics in South Africa

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis with bedaquiline in a high HIV prevalence setting: an interim cohort analysis.

scientific article published on August 2015

Tuberculosis among adults starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: the need for routine case finding.

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Tuberculosis and hepatic steatosis are prevalent liver pathology findings among HIV-infected patients in South Africa

scientific article

Undiagnosed TB in adults dying at home from natural causes in a high TB burden setting: a post-mortem study

scientific article published on November 2015

List of works by Ebrahim Variava

Acute Kidney Injury, Risk Factors, and Prognosis in Hospitalized HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa, Compared by Tenofovir Exposure

Attributable Fraction of Influenza Virus Detection to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illnesses in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Patients, South Africa, 2012-2016.

Brief Report: Late Efavirenz-Induced Ataxia and Encephalopathy: A Case Series

Case-ascertained study of household transmission of seasonal influenza - South Africa, 2013.

Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa

Community-based targeted case finding for tuberculosis and HIV in household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in South Africa

Cost and resource use of patients on antiretroviral therapy in the urban and semiurban public sectors of South Africa

Costs of inpatient treatment for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology

Development of a respiratory severity score for hospitalized adults in a high HIV-prevalence setting-South Africa, 2010-2011.

Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in a High HIV prevalence setting

Drug-drug interactions between bedaquiline and the antiretrovirals lopinavir/ritonavir and nevirapine in HIV-infected patients with drug-resistant TB.

Efficiency and safety of the combination of moxifloxacin, pretomanid (PA-824), and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of antituberculosis treatment: a phase 2b, open-label, partly randomised trial in patients with drug-susceptible or drug-resista

Enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus serotypes identified in South African patients with severe acute respiratory illness, 2009-2011.

Enterovirus genotypes among patients with severe acute respiratory illness, influenza-like illness, and asymptomatic individuals in South Africa, 2012-2014.

Epidemiology and Molecular Identification and Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, South Africa, 2012-2015.

Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012.

Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ≥5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012.

Epidemiology of viral-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection among children <5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2012

Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of human rhinoviruses in South Africa

HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011.

HIV-1 antiretroviral drug resistance patterns in patients failing NNRTI-based treatment: results from a national survey in South Africa.

Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015

High nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density, increased by viral coinfection, is associated with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia

High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis but low sensitivity of symptom screening among HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa

Human bocavirus, coronavirus, and polyomavirus detected among patients hospitalised with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa, 2012 to 2013

Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults

Incidence of TB and HIV in prospectively followed household contacts of TB index patients in South Africa

Indoor air pollution from secondhand tobacco smoke, solid fuels, and kerosene in homes with active tuberculosis disease in South Africa

Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010-2011.

Intra-host and intra-household diversity of influenza A viruses during household transmissions in the 2013 season in 2 peri-urban communities of South Africa.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about influenza illness and vaccination: a cross-sectional survey in two South African communities

Latent tuberculous infection in schoolchildren and contact tracing in Matlosana, North West Province, South Africa

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

Manuscript title: Multidisciplinary Point of Care testing in South African primary healthcare clinics accelerates HIV ART initiation but does not alter retention in care

Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013.

Parainfluenza Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children and Adults Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2009-2014.

Performance of Surveillance Case Definitions in Detecting Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Young Children Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2014

Predictors of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients in South Africa

Quantifying how Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-Associated Illness: a Modeling Study from South Africa

Quantitative analysis of a urine-based assay for detection of lipoarabinomannan in patients with tuberculosis

Relevance and acceptability of using the Quantiferon gold test (QGIT) to screen CD4 blood draws for latent TB infection among PLHIV in South Africa: formative qualitative research findings from the TEKO trial.

Respiratory syncytial virus in adults with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV prevalence setting

Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015

Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011.

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012-2014.

The Fraction of Rhinovirus Detections Attributable to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illness in a Setting of High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence, South Africa, 2013–2015

The Impact of Influenza and Tuberculosis Interaction on Mortality Among Individuals Aged ≥15 Years Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2010-2016

The Use of Xpert MTB/Rif for Active Case Finding among TB Contacts in North West Province, South Africa.

The effects of the attributable fraction and the duration of symptoms on burden estimates of influenza-associated respiratory illnesses in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2013-2015.

The role of influenza, RSV and other common respiratory viruses in severe acute respiratory infections and influenza-like illness in a population with a high HIV sero-prevalence, South Africa 2012-2015.

The use of decentralized GeneXpert by trained non-laboratory technicians in rural clinics in South Africa

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis with bedaquiline in a high HIV prevalence setting: an interim cohort analysis.

Tuberculosis among adults starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: the need for routine case finding.

Tuberculosis and hepatic steatosis are prevalent liver pathology findings among HIV-infected patients in South Africa

Undiagnosed TB in adults dying at home from natural causes in a high TB burden setting: a post-mortem study