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HIV infection and silicosis: the impact of two potent risk factors on the incidence of mycobacterial disease in South African minersE 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...- Polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter may predispose to severe silicosis in black South African minersElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:690-3. 2002..A predominant effect on disease severity, rather than on disease frequency, appears to be a general feature of promoter polymorphism in diseases in which TNF-alpha has a critical role... - HIV-1/AIDS and the control of other infectious diseases in AfricaElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 359:2177-87. 2002..In addition to enhancing access to HIV-1 prevention and care, public health surveillance and control programmes should be greatly intensified to cope with the new realities of infectious disease control in Africa... - Mycobacterium kansasii and M. scrofulaceum isolates from HIV-negative South African gold miners: incidence, clinical significance and radiologyE 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... - The impact of HIV infection on Mycobacterium kansasii disease in South African gold minersE 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... 
Prevalent infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: burden, risk factors and implications for controlE 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...- Polymorphisms in the IkappaB-alpha promoter region and risk of diseases involving inflammation and fibrosisN Mozzato-Chamay
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Genes Immun 2:153-5. 2001.... - Human immunodeficiency virus and the prevalence of undiagnosed tuberculosis in African gold minersElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:673-9. 2004..The difference in mean duration of smear positivity was particularly marked and, if generalizable, will have major implications for TB control prospects in high HIV prevalence areas... - Impact of enhanced tuberculosis diagnosis in South Africa: a mathematical model of expanded culture and drug susceptibility testingDavid W Dowdy
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite W6508, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:11293-8. 2008..In South Africa, expanding TB culture and DST could substantially reduce TB, and particularly MDR-TB, mortality. Control of XDR-TB will require additional interventions, the impact of which may be enhanced by improved TB diagnosis... - Nursing and community rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among students in Harare, ZimbabweElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Clin Infect Dis 44:317-23. 2007..We compared institutional rates and community rates of tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion in Harare, Zimbabwe... - Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced diagnosis of symptomatic diseaseElizabeth L Corbett
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 4:e22. 2007..We investigated the epidemiology of prevalent and incident TB in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced primary health care... - Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatmentElizabeth L Corbett
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Lancet 367:926-37. 2006..Here, we review tuberculosis epidemiology in Africa and policy implications of HIV/AIDS treatment scale-up... - Effect of routine isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence among HIV-infected men in South Africa: a novel randomized incremental recruitment studyAlison D Grant
Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
JAMA 293:2719-25. 2005.... - Trends in tuberculosis and the influence of HIV infection in northern Malawi, 1988-2001Martien W Borgdorff
AIDS 18:1465-7. 2004 - Clinical management of tuberculosis in the context of HIV infectionBouke C de Jong
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Annu Rev Med 55:283-301. 2004..However, given the disproportionate amount of TB/HIV in less-developed nations and the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings, the issues presented will become increasingly relevant globally... - The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemicElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, UK
Arch Intern Med 163:1009-21. 2003..The prevention of HIV and TB, the extension of WHO DOTS programs, and a focused effort to control HIV-related TB in areas of high HIV prevalence are matters of great urgency... - Stable incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative South African gold miners during a decade of epidemic HIV-associated TBElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 188:1156-63. 2003..94, for 1995-1997, 0.96, for 1998-1999, and 1.05, for 1999-2000. Preventing a secondary epidemic of TB among HIV-negative individuals may be achievable with conventional means, even in settings with a high burden of HIV-associated TB... - Efficacy of secondary isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected Southern Africans: time to change policy?Gavin J Churchyard
Aurum Health Research, Welkom, South Africa
AIDS 17:2063-70. 2003..To determine the efficacy of secondary preventive therapy against tuberculosis (TB) among gold miners working in South Africa... - HIV infection and chronic chest disease as risk factors for bacterial pneumonia: a case-control studySalome Charalambous
Aurum Health Research, Welkom, South Africa
AIDS 17:1531-7. 2003..To investigate risk factors for severe acute pneumonia in South African gold miners... - HIV infection presenting in older children and adolescents: a case series from Harare, ZimbabweRashida A Ferrand
Mortimer Market Centre, Camden Primary Care Trust, London WC1E 6AU, UK
Clin Infect Dis 44:874-8. 2007..We investigated social and clinical features in patients of this age group presenting to a HIV treatment clinic with special adolescent services in Harare, Zimbabwe... - HIV incidence during a cluster-randomized trial of two strategies providing voluntary counselling and testing at the workplace, ZimbabweElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
AIDS 21:483-9. 2007..Counselling may promote beneficial behavioural change, although knowledge of negative status does not appear to contribute further benefit... - HIV and tuberculosis: surveillance revisitedElizabeth L Corbett
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:709. 2003 - Uptake of workplace HIV counselling and testing: a cluster-randomised trial in ZimbabweElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 3:e238. 2006..HIV counselling and testing is a key component of both HIV care and HIV prevention, but uptake is currently low. We investigated the impact of rapid HIV testing at the workplace on uptake of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT)... - Voluntary counseling and testing by nurse counselors: what is the role of routine repeated testing after a negative result?Ronnie Matambo
Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
Clin Infect Dis 42:569-71. 2006..0065%-1.4%) and no "true" seroconversions (upper 95% confidence limit, 0.96%) were detected. High-risk behavior was not significantly reduced. Policies recommending routine retesting need to be reconsidered... - Chronic cough in primary health care attendees, Harare, Zimbabwe: diagnosis and impact of HIV infectionShungu S Munyati
National Institute of Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
Clin Infect Dis 40:1818-27. 2005..The prevalence of HIV infection was high across a range of diagnoses, suggesting that an HIV test should be recommended in the initial investigation of chronic cough... - Morbidity and mortality in South African gold miners: impact of untreated disease due to human immunodeficiency virusElizabeth L Corbett
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Clin Infect Dis 34:1251-8. 2002..A broad range of infectious conditions is significantly associated with HIV infection in South African miners. Identification and implementation of effective prophylactic regimens are urgently needed...