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Hardy L, Vermoesen T, Genbrugge E, Natale A, Franquesa C, et al.

2024-03-01 • EBioMedicine

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Bloodstream infections (BSI) pose a significant threat due to high mortality rates and the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2019, an estimated 4.95 m...

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Hamada Y, Gupta RS, Quartagno M, Izzard A, Acuna-Villaorduna C, et al.

2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine

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Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...

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Zhang C, Ruan Y, Cheng J, Zhao F, Xia Y, et al.

2017-06-08 • PLOS One

To calculate the yield and cost per diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) case for three World Health Organization screening algorithms and one using the Chinese National TB program (NTP) TB suspe...

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Lin YD, Li L, Mi F, Du J, Dong Y, et al.

2012-07-25 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and as DM increases the risk of TB and adversely affects TB treatment outcomes, there is a need...

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Azman AS, Luquero FJ

2020-04-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Heiden D, Saranchuk P

2011-11-24 • BMC Infectious Diseases

AIDS-related CMV retinitis is a common clinical problem in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS in China and Southeast Asia. The disease is causing blindness, and current clinical management,...

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Harries AD, Lin YD, Satyanarayana S, Lonnroth K, Li L, et al.

2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at a dramatic rate, and countries in Asia, particularly India and China, will bear the brunt of this epidemic. Persons with diabetes hav...

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Moon S, Van Leemput L, Durier N, Jambert E, Dahmane A, et al.

2008-09-01 • AIDS Care

Financial access to HIV care and treatment can be difficult for many people in China, where the government provides free antiretroviral drugs but does not cover the cost of other medical...

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Ajose O, Mookerjee S, Mills EJ, Boulle AM, Ford NP

2012-05-15 • AIDS

A growing proportion of patients on antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings have switched to second-line regimens. We carried out a systematic review in order to summarize re...

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Spillane H, Nicholas S, Tang Zhirong, Szumilin E, Balkan S, et al.

2012-08-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To identify factors influencing mortality in an HIV programme providing care to large numbers of injecting drug users (IDUs) and patients co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV...

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Zhang Z, Hu Y, Zou G, Lin MF, Zeng J, et al.

2017-05-02 • Global Health Action

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Overuse of antibiotics contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance.

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This study aims to assess the condition of antibiotic use at heal...

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Heiden D, Tun NL, Maningding E, Heiden M, Rose-Nussbaumer J, et al.

2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is...

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Sauvageot D, Schaefer MM, Olson D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, O'Brien DP

2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics

OBJECTIVE: We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on surveillance data...

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Merker M, Blin C, Mona S, Duforet-Frebourg N, Lecher S, et al.

2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia. Here w...

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Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Srinath S, Chakaya JM, Legins K, et al.

2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Very limited operational research (OR) emerges from programme settings in low-income countries where the greatest burden of disease lies. The price paid for this void includes a lack of ...

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Coldiron ME, Llosa AE, Roederer T, Casas G, Moro MR

2013-11-01 • Conflict and Health

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Mental health problems, particularly anxiety and mood disorders, are prevalent in the setting of humanitarian emergencies, both natural and man-made disasters. Evidence ...

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Berry C, Yates TA, Seddon JA, Phillips PPJ, du Cros PAK

2016-05-01 • European Respiratory Journal

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Liang Li, Lin YD, Mi F, Tan S, Liang B, et al.

2012-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Objective There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and this study aimed to assess feasibility and results of screening patients with TB for DM within...

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Cox V, Brigden G, Crespo RH, Lessem E, Lynch S, et al.

2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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The World Health Organization recommended two new drugs, bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013 and 201...

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Ford NP, Kirby C, Singh KR, Mills EJ, Cooke GS, et al.

2012-02-03 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

To assess the effectiveness of treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in low- and middle-income countries and identify factors associated with successful outcomes.

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Affordable blood culture systems from China: in vitro evaluation for use in resource-limited settings

Predictive performance of interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test for incident tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Comparing Yield and Relative Costs of WHO TB Screening Algorithms in Selected Risk Groups Among People Aged 65 Years and Over in China, 2013

Screening of patients with diabetes mellitus for tuberculosis in China

From China: hope and lessons for COVID-19 control

CMV retinitis in China and SE Asia: the way forward

The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis

Out-of-pocket costs of AIDS care in China: are free antiretroviral drugs enough?

Treatment outcomes of patients on Second-line Antiretroviral Therapy in resource-limited settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Incidence, risk factors and causes of death in an HIV care programme with a large proportion of injecting drug users

Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections among children in rural China: a cross-sectional study of outpatient prescriptions

Training clinicians treating HIV to diagnose cytomegalovirus retinitis

Antiretroviral therapy outcomes in resource-limited settings for HIV-infected children <5 years of age

Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

Building leadership capacity and future leaders in operational research in low-income countries: why and how?

Brief mental health interventions in conflict and emergency settings: an overview of four Medecins Sans Frontieres - France programs

Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Linezolid for the Treatment of XDR-TB: a Study in China

Screening of patients with tuberculosis for diabetes mellitus in China

Global programmatic use of bedaquiline and delamanid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Chronic Hepatitis C treatment outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis