E L Corbett

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Publications

  1. ncbi Prevalent infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: burden, risk factors and implications for control
    E L Corbett
    Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM, London, UK
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1231-7. 2009
  2. ncbi Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status
    Elizabeth L Corbett
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England
    Bull World Health Organ 88:13-21. 2010
  3. ncbi Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial
    Elizabeth L Corbett
    Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 376:1244-53. 2010
  4. ncbi Mycobacterium kansasii and M. scrofulaceum isolates from HIV-negative South African gold miners: incidence, clinical significance and radiology
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 3:501-7. 1999
  5. ncbi The impact of HIV infection on Mycobacterium kansasii disease in South African gold miners
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 160:10-4. 1999
  6. ncbi HIV infection and silicosis: the impact of two potent risk factors on the incidence of mycobacterial disease in South African miners
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    AIDS 14:2759-68. 2000
  7. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of commercial urinary lipoarabinomannan detection in African tuberculosis suspects and patients
    R Mutetwa
    Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1253-9. 2009
  8. ncbi A combined medical and surgical approach to hydatid disease: 12 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
    H M Ayles
    Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl 84:100-5. 2002

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  1. ncbi Prevalent infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: burden, risk factors and implications for control
    E L Corbett
    Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM, London, UK
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1231-7. 2009
    ..Harare's high density suburbs...
  2. ncbi Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status
    Elizabeth L Corbett
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England
    Bull World Health Organ 88:13-21. 2010
    ..To assess the diagnostic value of provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis (TB) and how HIV status affects it...
  3. ncbi Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial
    Elizabeth L Corbett
    Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 376:1244-53. 2010
    ..We tested two active case-finding strategies to target long periods of infectiousness before diagnosis, which is typical of HIV-negative tuberculosis and is a key driver of transmission...
  4. ncbi Mycobacterium kansasii and M. scrofulaceum isolates from HIV-negative South African gold miners: incidence, clinical significance and radiology
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 3:501-7. 1999
    ..A South African gold mining hospital...
  5. ncbi The impact of HIV infection on Mycobacterium kansasii disease in South African gold miners
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 160:10-4. 1999
    ..kansasii disease that occurs at an earlier stage of HIV infection and more closely resembles disease in HIV-negative men than has been found for HIV-associated M. kansasii disease in other settings...
  6. ncbi HIV infection and silicosis: the impact of two potent risk factors on the incidence of mycobacterial disease in South African miners
    E L Corbett
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    AIDS 14:2759-68. 2000
    ..To investigate the combined effects of HIV infection and silicosis on mycobacterial disease...
  7. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of commercial urinary lipoarabinomannan detection in African tuberculosis suspects and patients
    R Mutetwa
    Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1253-9. 2009
    ..To evaluate a commercially available antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on detecting lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB)...
  8. ncbi A combined medical and surgical approach to hydatid disease: 12 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
    H M Ayles
    Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl 84:100-5. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: It is possible to construct an algorithm for the management of patients with hydatid disease by chemotherapy and surgery, but the assessment of results by indirect techniques remains difficult...