Helen Ayles

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1 Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies. PLoS Med 2011 4.29
2 Rapid detection of active and latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive individuals by enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells. AIDS 2002 3.47
3 HPTN 071 (PopART): rationale and design of a cluster-randomised trial of the population impact of an HIV combination prevention intervention including universal testing and treatment - a study protocol for a cluster randomised trial. Trials 2014 1.94
4 Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: baseline results from three study districts in Zambia. Hum Resour Health 2013 1.54
5 Linezolid-resistant enterococci: report of the first isolates in the United Kingdom. J Antimicrob Chemother 2002 1.51
6 The effects of HIV on the sensitivity of a whole blood IFN-gamma release assay in Zambian adults with active tuberculosis. PLoS One 2008 1.48
7 Validation of brief screening tools for depressive and alcohol use disorders among TB and HIV patients in primary care in Zambia. BMC Psychiatry 2011 1.47
8 Protocol-driven primary care and community linkages to improve population health in rural Zambia: the Better Health Outcomes through Mentoring and Assessment (BHOMA) project. BMC Health Serv Res 2013 1.43
9 Annual risk of tuberculous infection using different methods in communities with a high prevalence of TB and HIV in Zambia and South Africa. PLoS One 2009 1.32
10 Can we control tuberculosis in high HIV prevalence settings? Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2003 1.29
11 Can combination prevention strategies reduce HIV transmission in generalized epidemic settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) study plan in South Africa and Zambia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2013 1.23
12 Restricted randomization of ZAMSTAR: a 2 x 2 factorial cluster randomized trial. Clin Trials 2008 1.22
13 The association between household socioeconomic position and prevalent tuberculosis in Zambia: a case-control study. PLoS One 2011 1.20
14 Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in Zambia and South Africa. J Clin Microbiol 2010 1.20
15 The high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a large Zambian prison: a public health alert. PLoS One 2013 1.17
16 Risk factors associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin tests results in Zambia and South Africa. PLoS One 2011 1.15
17 Tuberculosis infection in Zambia: the association with relative wealth. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009 1.13
18 Screening and preventive therapy for tuberculosis. Clin Chest Med 2009 1.08
19 Measuring health system strengthening: application of the balanced scorecard approach to rank the baseline performance of three rural districts in Zambia. PLoS One 2013 1.05
20 High prevalence of tuberculosis and insufficient case detection in two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. PLoS One 2013 1.01
21 Age- and Sex-Specific Social Contact Patterns and Incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Am J Epidemiol 2015 1.00
22 Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services for people living with HIV: costs of the Zambian ProTEST Initiative. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2008 0.99
23 Systems thinking in practice: the current status of the six WHO building blocks for health system strengthening in three BHOMA intervention districts of Zambia: a baseline qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2013 0.97
24 Fusion of local and global detection systems to detect tuberculosis in chest radiographs. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv 2010 0.96
25 Applying ethical principles to international community-based research: a case study from the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic (CREATE) . IRB 2014 0.92
26 The impact of HIV on tuberculosis control--towards concerted action. Lepr Rev 2002 0.90
27 Field comparison of OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test and two blood-based rapid HIV antibody tests in Zambia. BMC Infect Dis 2012 0.88
28 Frequency and correlates of anxiety and mood disorders among TB- and HIV-infected Zambians. AIDS Care 2013 0.83
29 Sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility of the Capilia TB-Neo assay. J Clin Microbiol 2013 0.82
30 Measuring governance at health facility level: developing and validation of simple governance tool in Zambia. BMC Int Health Hum Rights 2013 0.80
31 Community intervention improves knowledge of HIV status of adolescents in Zambia: findings from HPTN 071-PopART for youth study. AIDS 2017 0.78
32 Prevalence and correlates of alcohol dependence disorder among TB and HIV infected patients in Zambia. PLoS One 2013 0.78
33 Effect of home-based interventions on virologic outcomes in adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Africa: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 2014 0.76
34 Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.75
35 Correction: Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings. PLoS One 2015 0.75
36 What works-reaching universal hiv testing: lessons from HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia. AIDS 2017 0.75
37 A novel multiple-instance learning-based approach to computer-aided detection of tuberculosis on chest X-rays. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2014 0.75
38 On Combining Multiple-Instance Learning and Active Learning for Computer-Aided Detection of Tuberculosis. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2015 0.75