Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis.
Evaluating the Cepheid Xpert TB/LTBI research-use-only assay for detection of active and latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
A multi-country head-to-head accuracy comparison of automated chest X-ray algorithms for tuberculosis
Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in Five High Burden Countries.
Accelerating Cough-Based Algorithms for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening: Results From the CODA TB DREAM Challenge.
Molecular diagnostics improve the yield of diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and multidrug-resistant pathogens in hospitalised patients with HIV in a low-income setting.
New Manual Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Validated on Tongue Swabs Collected and Processed in Uganda Shows Sensitivity That Rivals Sputum-based Molecular Tuberculosis Diagnostics
New Manual Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Validated on Tongue Swabs Collected and Processed in Uganda Shows Sensitivity That Rivals Sputum-based Molecular Tuberculosis Diagnostics.
Evaluation of the Xpert MTB Host Response assay for the triage of patients with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study in Viet Nam, India, the Philippines, Uganda, and South Africa
Circulating cell-free RNA in blood as a host response biomarker for detection of tuberculosis
Lung function and health-related quality of life among adult patients following pulmonary TB treatment
Overcoming challenges of managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in low- and middle-income countries
Diagnostic Accuracy of Tuberculosis Screening Tests in a Prospective Multinational Cohort: Chest Radiography With Computer-Aided Detection, Xpert Tuberculosis Host Response, and C-Reactive Protein
Diagnostic Accuracy of Tuberculosis Screening Tests in a Prospective Multinational Cohort: Chest Radiography With Computer-Aided Detection, Xpert Tuberculosis Host Response, and C-Reactive Protein
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios in Distinguishing Lung Cancer in People with HIV.
New manual qPCR assay validated on tongue swabs collected and processed in Uganda shows sensitivity that rivals sputum-based molecular TB diagnostics
A Longitudinal Study of Multimodal Bronchoscopy Training in Uganda.
Accuracy of Tongue Swab Testing Using Xpert MTB-RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Common causes and patient outcomes of community acquired pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa
Mycobacterium tuberculosis precursor rRNA as a measure of treatment-shortening activity of drugs and regimens
Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
Author Correction: Lipoarabinomannan antigenic epitope differences in tuberculosis disease subtypes
The transition to Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
Immune cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of Ugandan adults who resist versus those who develop latent
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
infection
Accuracy and incremental yield of urine Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra versus Determine TB-LAM for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
Sputum quality and diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF among smear-negative adults with presumed tuberculosis in Uganda
Neutrophil Activation and Enhanced Release of Granule Products in HIV-TB Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Immune Response and Mortality Risk Relate to Distinct Lung Microbiomes in Patients with HIV and Pneumonia
Transcriptional Adaptation of Drug-tolerant<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>During Treatment of Human Tuberculosis
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptides in the Exosomes of Patients with Active and Latent M. tuberculosis Infection Using MRM-MS
The Lung Microbiome of Ugandan HIV-Infected Pneumonia Patients Is Compositionally and Functionally Distinct from That of San Franciscan Patients