List of works by Nathan Kapata

A Multisectoral Emergency Response Approach to a Cholera Outbreak in Zambia: October 2017-February 2018

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

A survey to assess the extent of public-private mix DOTS in the management of tuberculosis in Zambia

scientific article

Achieving STOP TB Partnership goals: perspectives on development of new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for tuberculosis

scientific article

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

Advancing new diagnostic tests for latent tuberculosis infection due to multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - End of the road?

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

An evaluation of the performance and acceptability of three LED fluorescent microscopes in Zambia: lessons learnt for scale-up

scientific article

Application of highly portable MinION nanopore sequencing technology for the monitoring of nosocomial tuberculosis infection

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Assessing the consequences of stigma for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia

scientific article

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

scientific article

Automatic versus human reading of chest X-rays in the Zambia National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey

scientific article

Burden of respiratory tract infections at post mortem in Zambian children

scientific article

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

scientific article

COVID-19 and malaria: A symptom screening challenge for malaria endemic countries

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

COVID-19 and tuberculosis-threats and opportunities

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations - call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Changes in mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia: Implications for the effectiveness of NPIs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Research article

Cholera Epidemic - Lusaka, Zambia, October 2017-May 2018.

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Commemorating World TB Day 2020: “IT’S TIME” — It’s time to End the Global TB Epidemic

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Correction: Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Detection of B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 Variant Strain — Zambia, December 2020

scientific article

Digital CXR with computer aided diagnosis versus symptom screen to define presumptive tuberculosis among household contacts and impact on tuberculosis diagnosis

scientific article

Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Ndola, Zambia

scientific article

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

scientific article

Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts

scientific article

Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Zambia

scientific article published on 12 April 2022

Evaluation of a TB infection control implementation initiative in out-patient HIV clinics in Zambia and Botswana

scientific article published on July 2016

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

Factors associated with unfavourable tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Lusaka, Zambia, 2015: a secondary analysis of routine surveillance data

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia

scientific article

First 100 Persons with COVID-19 - Zambia, March 18-April 28, 2020

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

First COVID-19 Case in Zambia - Comparative phylogenomic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 detected in African countries

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Genomic research in Zambia: confronting the ethics, policy and regulatory frontiers in the 21st Century

scientific article

Health Seeking Behaviour among Individuals with Presumptive Tuberculosis in Zambia

scientific article

High prevalence of tuberculosis in newly enrolled HIV patients in Zambia: need for enhanced screening approach

scientific article published on August 2016

Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings

scientific article published on June 2015

Integrating active tuberculosis case finding in antenatal services in Zambia

scientific article published on December 2014

Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Leprosy trends in Zambia 1991-2009.

scientific article published on 29 July 2012

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Low Occurrence of Tuberculosis Drug Resistance among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from an Urban Setting, with a Long-Running DOTS Program in Zambia

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

Luna Virus and Helminths in Wild in Two Contrasting Habitats in Zambia: Risk Factors and Evidence of Virus Dissemination in Semen

Management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an urban setting in Zambia: a patient's perspective

scientific article

Mitigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sickle cell disease services in African countries

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

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

scientific article

New and improved diagnostics for detection of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published on May 2011

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

Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues

scientific article published on January 2017

Perspectives on Advances in Tuberculosis Diagnostics, Drugs, and Vaccines

scientific article

Perspectives on tuberculosis in pregnancy

scientific article published on March 2015

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

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Programmatic versus personalised approaches to managing the global epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Recent advances in the development and evaluation of molecular diagnostics for Ebola virus disease

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Reflections on the white plague

scientific article

Research capacity strengthening in African countries

scientific article published in May 2010

Scale-up of TB and HIV programme collaborative activities in Zambia - a 10-year review

scientific article published on 05 April 2012

Screening for tuberculosis and testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Zambian prisons

scientific article

TB and HIV in the Central African region: current knowledge and knowledge gaps

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

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

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

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

The Second Zambian National Tuberculosis Drug Resistance survey - a comparison of conventional and molecular methods

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

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

scientific article

The biosocial dynamics of tuberculosis

scientific article

The high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a large Zambian prison: a public health alert

scientific article

The prevalence and socio-economic determinants of HIV among teenagers aged 15-18 years who were participating in a mobile testing population based survey in 2013-2014 in Zambia

scientific article

The prevalence of HIV among adults with pulmonary TB at a population level in Zambia

scientific article

The role of the law in reducing tuberculosis transmission in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

The sensitivity and specificity of using a computer aided diagnosis program for automatically scoring chest X-rays of presumptive TB patients compared with Xpert MTB/RIF in Lusaka Zambia

scientific article

Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

scientific article

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

Trials and tribulations of an African-led research and capacity development programme: the case for EDCTP investments

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

Tuberculosis among older adults in Zambia: burden and characteristics among a neglected group

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Tuberculosis and HIV control in sub-Saharan African prisons: "thinking outside the prison cell".

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

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

scientific article

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 caseload in children with severe acute malnutrition related with high hospital based mortality in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article

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

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

scientific article published in February 2011

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

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Tuberculosis in prisons: anatomy of global neglect

scholarly article by Justin O'Grady et al published 30 September 2011 in European Respiratory Journal

Tuberculosis in the mines of Zambia: A case for intervention

Tuberculosis patients' pre-hospital delay and non-compliance with a longstanding DOT programme: a mixed methods study in urban Zambia

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 09 March 2015

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

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Underutilisation of routinely collected data in the HIV programme in Zambia: a review of quantitatively analysed peer-reviewed articles

scientific article

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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Vaccination for monkeypox prevention in persons with high-risk sexual behaviours to control on-going outbreak of monkeypox virus clade 3.

scientific article published on 02 July 2022

West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

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