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This is a "connection" page, showing publications co-authored by ALEXANDER KAY and ANNA MANDALAKAS.
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11.469
  1. Predicting mortality within 1 year of ART initiation in children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective observational cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jun; 12(6):e929-e937.
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    Score: 0.969
  2. Performance of a stool-based quantitative PCR assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adolescents and adults: a multinational, prospective diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Microbe. 2024 May; 5(5):e433-e441.
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    Score: 0.954
  3. Optimal Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Children and Adolescents With Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 01 06; 76(1):10-17.
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    Score: 0.880
  4. Vikela Ekhaya: A Novel, Community-based, Tuberculosis Contact Management Program in a High Burden Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 05 03; 74(9):1631-1638.
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    Score: 0.839
  5. HIV-Associated Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents: Evolving Epidemiology, Screening, Prevention and Management Strategies. Pathogens. 2021 Dec 29; 11(1).
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    Score: 0.819
  6. Predictors of suboptimal adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among adolescents and children living with HIV. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243713.
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    Score: 0.763
  7. It Ain't Over Till It's Over: The Triple Threat of COVID-19, TB, and HIV. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 10; 103(4):1348-1349.
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    Score: 0.752
  8. Evaluation of the QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold Plus Assay in Children with Tuberculosis Disease or Following Household Exposure to Tuberculosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 03; 100(3):540-543.
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    Score: 0.673
  9. HIV-associated pediatric tuberculosis: prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2018 11; 13(6):501-506.
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    Score: 0.658
  10. Tuberculosis prevention: current strategies and future directions. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Sep; 30(9):1123-1130.
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    Score: 0.233
  11. Community-based tuberculosis contact management: Caregiver experience and factors promoting adherence to preventive therapy. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(7):e0001920.
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    Score: 0.228
  12. Correction: Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing. Genome Med. 2022 Sep 20; 14(1):107.
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    Score: 0.215
  13. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis disease and rifampicin resistance in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 09 06; 9:CD013359.
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    Score: 0.215
  14. The need for effective drugs for TB prevention: set your goals high, and don?t stop till you get there. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 02 01; 26(2):85-88.
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    Score: 0.206
  15. Transition to Dolutegravir Is Associated With an Increase in the Rate of Body Mass Index Change in a Cohort of Virally Suppressed Adolescents. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 08 02; 73(3):e580-e586.
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    Score: 0.199
  16. Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 06 28; 6:CD013693.
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    Score: 0.198
  17. Laboratory comparison of stool processing methods for Xpert? Ultra. Public Health Action. 2021 Jun 21; 11(2):55-57.
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    Score: 0.198
  18. Tuberculosis prevention in children: a prospective community-based study in South Africa. Eur Respir J. 2021 04; 57(4).
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    Score: 0.195
  19. Tuberculosis symptom screening for children and adolescents living with HIV in six high HIV/TB burden countries in Africa. AIDS. 2021 01 01; 35(1):73-79.
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    Score: 0.191
  20. Predicting Sexually Transmitted Infections Among HIV+ Adolescents and Young Adults: A Novel Risk Score to Augment Syndromic Management in Eswatini. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 12 15; 85(5):543-552.
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    Score: 0.191
  21. Tuberculosis among Children and Adolescents at HIV Treatment Centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 12; 26(12).
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    Score: 0.190
  22. Distinct Risk Factors for Clinical and Bacteriologically Confirmed Tuberculosis among Child Household Contacts in a High-Burden Setting. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12; 103(6):2506-2509.
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    Score: 0.188
  23. Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays for active tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 08 27; 8:CD013359.
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    Score: 0.187
  24. DNA hypermethylation during tuberculosis dampens host immune responsiveness. J Clin Invest. 2020 06 01; 130(6):3113-3123.
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    Score: 0.184
  25. Point-of-Care Testing to Guide Treatment and Estimate Risk Factors for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Eswatini. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Mar; 7(3):ofaa052.
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    Score: 0.180
  26. Diagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Potential of A Stool-Based Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 08; 99(2):310-316.
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    Score: 0.159
  27. Leveraging tuberculosis case relative locations to enhance case detection and linkage to care in Swaziland. Glob Health Res Policy. 2018; 3:3.
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    Score: 0.156
  28. School and household tuberculosis contact investigations in Swaziland: Active TB case finding in a high HIV/TB burden setting. PLoS One. 2017; 12(6):e0178873.
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    Score: 0.149
  29. Whispers in the wind: Face mask sampling for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection in children with pulmonary tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2024 May 27.
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    Score: 0.061
  30. Optimizing DNA Extraction from Pediatric Stool for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Use in Next-Generation Sequencing Applications. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 02 14; 11(1):e0226922.
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    Score: 0.055
  31. Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 09; 10(9):e1307-e1316.
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    Score: 0.054
  32. CRISPR detection of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in adults and children, including children with HIV: a molecular diagnostics study. Lancet Microbe. 2022 07; 3(7):e482-e492.
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    Score: 0.053
  33. Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing. Genome Med. 2022 05 19; 14(1):52.
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    Score: 0.053
  34. Sterilization of gowns: making the most of a scarce commodity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Action. 2021 Sep 21; 11(3):112-113.
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    Score: 0.050
  35. The Magnitude of Interferon Gamma Release Assay Responses in Children With Household Tuberculosis Contact Is Associated With Tuberculosis Exposure and Disease Status. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 08 01; 40(8):763-770.
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    Score: 0.050
  36. Management of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 06 01; 23(6):645-662.
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    Score: 0.043
  37. Paediatric tuberculosis transmission outside the household: challenging historical paradigms to inform future public health strategies. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 06; 7(6):544-552.
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    Score: 0.043
  38. Schistosomiasis Induces Persistent DNA Methylation and Tuberculosis-Specific Immune Changes. J Immunol. 2018 07 01; 201(1):124-133.
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    Score: 0.040
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