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List of works by Mecky I Matee

'One Health' infectious diseases surveillance in Tanzania: are we all on board the same flight?

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

A Locus at 5q33.3 Confers Resistance to Tuberculosis in Highly Susceptible Individuals.

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A chromosome 5q31.1 locus associates with tuberculin skin test reactivity in HIV-positive individuals from tuberculosis hyper-endemic regions in east Africa.

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A first insight into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, assessed by spoligotyping

scientific article published on 13 September 2006

Age specific aetiological agents of diarrhoea in hospitalized children aged less than five years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Anemia at the initiation of tuberculosis therapy is associated with delayed sputum conversion among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

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Anti-TB drug resistance levels and patterns among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from newly diagnosed cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Antimicrobial resistance in human and animal pathogens in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Tanzania: an urgent need of a sustainable surveillance system

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Auditory Impairments in HIV-Infected Children.

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Auditory impairments in HIV-infected individuals in Tanzania

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Baseline mycobacterial immune responses in HIV-infected adults primed with bacille Calmette-Guérin during childhood and entering a tuberculosis booster vaccine trial.

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Basis for treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania: the role of chest x-ray and sputum culture

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Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface: Is it a public health problem in Tanzania? A review ⬇️

scientific article published on June 20, 2012

Caries risk factors in the permanent dentition of Tanzanian children: a cohort study (1997-2003).

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Coinfection with HIV and HCV in a blood bank population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 24 May 2006

Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy and survival in HIV-infected, TST-positive adults in Tanzania

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DAR-901 vaccine for the prevention of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among BCG-immunized adolescents in Tanzania: A randomized controlled, double-blind phase 2b trial

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Decayed/missing/filled teeth and shortened dental arches in Tanzanian adults.

scientific article published on March 2004

Deficiencies of macronutrient intake among HIV-positive breastfeeding women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Development of a One Health National Capacity in Africa : the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) One Health Virtual Centre Model

scientific article published on January 2013

Disseminated tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus infection: ineffective immunity, polyclonal disease and high mortality.

scientific article published on August 2011

Draft Genome Sequence of a Multiresistant Bovine Isolate of Staphylococcus lentus from Tanzania

scientific article published on December 2016

Effects of isoniazid resistance on TB treatment outcomes under programmatic conditions in a high-TB and -HIV setting: a prospective multicentre study

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Effects of isoniazid resistance on TB treatment outcomes under programmatic conditions in a high-TB and -HIV setting: a prospective multicentre study-authors' response

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Emergency pulpotomy in relieving acute dental pain among Tanzanian patients

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European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP): the path towards a true partnership

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

Evidence of Yersinia pestis DNA in rodents in plague outbreak foci in Mbulu and Karatu Districts, northern Tanzania.

scientific article published on July 2013

Factors associated with flea infestation among the different rodent species in Mbulu and Karatu districts, northern Tanzania.

scientific article published on July 2013

Feasibility of using flash-heated breastmilk as an infant feeding option for HIV-exposed, uninfected infants after 6 months of age in urban Tanzania

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Genetic diversity and risk factors for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance across human, animals and environmental compartments in East Africa: a review

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculosis patients in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania

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Greater preexisting interferon γ responses to mycobacterial antigens and lower bacillary load during HIV-associated tuberculosis.

scientific article published on August 2013

HIV type-1 drug resistance testing on dried blood spots is feasible and reliable in patients who fail antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania

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HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors

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HSV oropharyngeal shedding among HIV-infected children in Tanzania

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Hepatitis A, B and C viral co-infections among HIV-infected adults presenting for care and treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

High potential of escalating HIV transmission in a low prevalence setting in rural Tanzania

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High prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viral infections among people who inject drugs: a potential stumbling block in the control of HIV and viral hepatitis in Tanzania

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

High rates of clinical and subclinical tuberculosis among HIV-infected ambulatory subjects in Tanzania

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Identification and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial enteropathogens from children aged 0-59 months at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: a prospective cross sectional study

scientific article published on 2 February 2017

Identification of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants and children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Immunogenicity of a protective whole cell mycobacterial vaccine in HIV-infected adults: a phase III study in Tanzania

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Improved performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay on sputum sediment samples obtained from presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis cases at Kibong'oto infectious diseases hospital in Tanzania

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

In reply to 'Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy and survival in HIV-infected TST-positive adults in Tanzania' [Correspondence].

scientific article published in April 2012

Increased mortality associated with treated active tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults in Tanzania

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Interferon γ responses to mycobacterial antigens protect against subsequent HIV-associated tuberculosis.

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Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human-livestock-wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among communities of Ilala, Kilosa and Kibaha districts of Tanzania

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Low BMI and falling BMI predict HIV-associated tuberculosis: a prospective study in Tanzania ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Low specificity of HIV-testing on sputum specimens kept at ambient temperatures for 4 to 7 days: a blinded comparison

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Lymphocyte proliferation to mycobacterial antigens is detectable across a spectrum of HIV-associated tuberculosis

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Maintenance of Sensitivity of the T-SPOT.TBAssay after Overnight Storage of Blood Samples, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ⬇️

scientific article published on February 6, 2012

Management of neonatal sepsis at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam: diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and newborn scale of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance pattern of etiological bacteria

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Mapping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genetic Diversity Profiles in Tanzania and Other African Countries

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Maternal and neonatal colonisation of group B streptococcus at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance

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Molecular Epidemiology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Virulence Factors in Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from Rodents, Humans, Chicken, and Household Soils in Karatu, Northern Tanzania

scientific article published in 2022

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-Associated Tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Strain Predominance, Clustering, and Polyclonal Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on May 30, 2012

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in the United Republic of Tanzania

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Multi drug and other forms of drug resistant tuberculosis are uncommon among treatment naïve tuberculosis patients in Tanzania

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Multiple ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Sequence Types Carrying Quinolone and Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes Circulating in Companion and Domestic Farm Animals in Mwanza, Tanzania, Harbor Commonly Occurring Plasmids

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes and drug susceptibility pattern of isolates from tuberculosis patients in South-Western Uganda ⬇️

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Neonatal sepsis at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; aetiology, antimicrobial sensitivity pattern and clinical outcome ⬇️

scientific article published on October 24, 2012

Nutritional status of HIV-infected women with tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on September 2013

Plague in Tanzania: an overview

scientific article published on October 2013

Polyantigenic interferon-γ responses are associated with protection from TB among HIV-infected adults with childhood BCG immunization

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Pre- and post-natal macronutrient supplementation for HIV-positive women in Tanzania: Effects on infant birth weight and HIV transmission

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Predictors of blaCTX-M-15 in varieties of Escherichia coli genotypes from humans in community settings in Mwanza, Tanzania

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Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania

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Predominance of CTX-M-15 among ESBL Producers from Environment and Fish Gut from the Shores of Lake Victoria in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article published on December 2016

Predominance of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens causing surgical site infections in Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

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Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

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Prevalence of HIV and syphilis infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Tanzania, 2011.

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Prevalence of enteropathogenic viruses and molecular characterization of group A rotavirus among children with diarrhea in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Thermophilic Campylobacter Species in Humans and Animals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Prevention of tuberculosis in Bacille Calmette-Guérin-primed, HIV-infected adults boosted with an inactivated whole-cell mycobacterial vaccine

scientific article published in March 2010

Recurrent tuberculosis risk among HIV-infected adults in Tanzania with prior active tuberculosis

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Screening for Bovine Tuberculosis in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Northern Tanzania: Implications for Public Health

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infections among children infected with human immunodeficiency virus attending the paediatric HIV care and treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article (publication date: 22 November 2007)

Sialic acid levels in breast milk from HIV-positive Tanzanian women and impact of maternal diet

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

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Sputum microscopy for the diagnosis of HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania

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Strong anti-Epstein Barr virus (EBV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) cellular immune responses predict survival and a favourable response to anti-tuberculosis therapy

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Susceptibility of Campylobacter Strains to Selected Natural Products and Frontline Antibiotics

scientific article published on 09 November 2020

Test Characteristics of Urinary Lipoarabinomannan and Predictors of Mortality among Hospitalized HIV-Infected Tuberculosis Suspects in Tanzania ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2012

The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance: A One Health Consortium ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2013

The bacteraemia of disseminated tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients with prolonged fever in Tanzania ⬇️

scientific article published on May 12, 2011

The potential of CBC-derived ratios (monocyte-to-lymphocyte, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, and platelet-to-lymphocyte) to predict or diagnose incident TB infection in Tanzanian adolescents

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

The silent HIV epidemic among pregnant women within rural Northern Tanzania

scientific article published on 27 April 2006

Tuberculin skin testing in patients with HIV infection: limited benefit of reduced cutoff values

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Tuberculosis associated mortality in a prospective cohort in Sub Saharan Africa: Association with HIV and antiretroviral therapy

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Tuberculosis cross-species transmission in Tanzania: towards a One-Health concept

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Use of the GenoType(R) MTBDRplus assay to assess drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in rural Uganda

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Virological efficacy and emergence of drug resistance in adults on antiretroviral treatment in rural Tanzania

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Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and clinical outcomes of patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Tanzania

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

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