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Publications & Presentations

Published Manuscripts

Basile, F. W., Sweeney, S., Singh, M. P., Bijker, E. M., Cohen, T., Menzies, N. A., Vassall, A., & Indravudh, P. (2024). Uncertainty in tuberculosis clinical decision-making: An umbrella review with systematic methods and thematic analysis. PLOS global public health, 4(7), e0003429.
 
Khambati, N., Song, R., Smith, J. P., Bijker, E. M., McCarthy, K., Click, E. S., Mchembere, W., Okumu, A., Musau, S., Okeyo, E., Perez-Velez, C. M., & Cain, K. (2024). Feasibility and utility of a combined nasogastric-tube-and-string-test device for bacteriologic confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis in young children. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 109(3), 116302.
 
Basile, F. W., Bijker, E. M., Sekadde, M., Dorman, S. E., Ellner, J. J., Engel, N., Ruhwald, M., & Song, R. (2024). One step further: improving paediatric TB diagnosis through user-centred research approaches. IJTLD open, 1(9), 425–427.
 
Andama, A., Steadman, A. E., Ahls, C., Cangelosi, G., David, A., de Vos, M., Heichman, K., Kato-Maeda, M., Penn-Nicholson, A., Olson, A., Scott, L., Turnbull, L., Wood, R., Weigel, K., & Cattamanchi, A. (2024). Consensus standard operating procedure for collection of tongue swabs for TB diagnostics. Protocols.io. 
 
Nsubuga, G., Kennedy, S., Rani, Y., Hafiz, Z., Kim, S., Ruhwald, M., Alland, D., Ellner, J., Joloba, M., Dorman, S. E., Penn-Nicholson, A., & Nakiyingi, L. (2023). Diagnostic accuracy of the NOVA Tuberculosis Total Antibody Rapid test for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 31, 100362.
 
Khambati, N., Olbrich, L., Ellner, J., Salgame, P., Song, R., & Bijker, E. M. (2021). Host-Based Biomarkers in Saliva for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children: A Mini-Review. Frontiers in pediatrics, 9, 756043.
 
Khambati, N., Song, R., MacLean, E. L., Kohli, M., Olbrich, L., & Bijker, E. M. (2023). The diagnostic yield of nasopharyngeal aspirate for pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC global and public health, 1(1), 18.
 
Ahls, C., David, A., Chilambi, G. S., Cattamanchi, A., de Vos, M., Heard, K., Heichman, K., Penn-Nicholson, A., Scott, L., Steadman, A. E., Turnbull, L., & Alland, D. (2024). Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra testing from tongue swabs – Diluted SR method. Protocols.io. 

Preprint Manuscripts

Kim, S., Can, M. H., Agizew, T. B., Auld, A. F., Balcells, M. E., Bjerrum, S., Dheda, K., Dorman, S. E., Esmail, A., Fielding, K., Garcia-Basteiro, A. L., Hanrahan, C. F., Kebede, W., Kohli, M., Luetkemeyer, A. F., Mita, C., Reeve, B. W. P., Silva, D. R., Sweeney, S., Theron, G., … Menzies, N. A. (2024). Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment initiation among bacteriologically negative individuals evaluated for tuberculosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis. medRxiv.
 
Can, M. H., Sweeney, S., Allwood, B. W., Dorman, S. E., Cohen, T., & Menzies, N. A. (2024). Implications of progressive lung damage and post-TB sequelae for the health benefits of prompt TB diagnosis in high HIV prevalence settings: a mathematical modeling analysis. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2024.08.12.24311198.
 
Chilambi, G. S., Reiss, R., Daivaa, N., Banada, P., De Vos, M., Penn-Nicholson, A., & Alland, D. (2024). Optimal processing of tongue swab samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection by the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay. medRxiv.

Conference Presentations

Chilambi, G. S., Reiss, R., Daivaa, N., Banada, P., De Vos, M., Penn-Nicholson, A., & Alland, D. (2024, November 14). Optimal processing of tongue swab samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection by the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay [Conference presentation]. The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024 – TB Science, Bali, Indonesia.

Mudrak, N., Khambati, N., Nasinghe, E., Basile, F., Nakayita, G., Mbekeeka, P., Penn-Nicholson, A., Ssengooba, W., Bijker, E. M., Kisitu, G. P., Kekitiinwa, A., & Song, R. (2024, November 15). Oral swab testing for the diagnosis of paediatric TB: An interim analysis of diagnostic accuracy in the NOD-pedFEND cohort [Conference presentation]. The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024, Bali, Indonesia.

Mudrak, N., Nasinghe, E., Khambati, N., Mbekeeka, P., Douglass, E., Lubega, J. P., Nabirye, R., Allen, T., Kakyama, F. L., Koire, M., Nakayita, G., Penn-Nicholson, A., Ssengooba, W., Joloba, M., Bijker, E. M., Alland, D., Dorman, S., Ellner, J., Basile, F. W., Kisitu, G. P., Song, R., & Kekitiinwa, A. R. (2024, February 16). MTB positivity solely identified by Xpert Ultra on an oral cavity double-swab [Conference presentation]. 4th International Meeting on Childhood Tuberculosis, Barcelona, Spain.

Optimal processing of tongue swab samples for M. tuberculosis detection by the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay
Poster Presenter: David Alland (Newark, United States)
Held during the TBScience E-Poster Session: TBS-EP03 Fundamental advances in understanding pathogenesis | Part 1 (Nov 14, 12:15 – 2:15 PM)

Oral swab testing for the diagnosis of paediatric TB: An interim analysis of diagnostic accuracy in the NOD-pedFEND cohort
Oral Presenter: Nathan Mudrak (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Held during the C3: Maternal and child TB, Oral Abstract Session: 0A39 Optimising finding TB in children (Nov 15, 2:20 – 3:50 PM)

A cartridge-based assay for improved detection of multi-drug-resistant M. tuberculosis directly from sputum
Oral Presenter: David Alland (Newark, United States)
Held during the Oral Abstract Session: LB04 The Union-CDC late-breaker session (epidemiology and programmatic) (Nov 15, 4:10 – 5:40 PM)

Updated September 2024