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Katherine Fielding

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1 Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis 2011 5.34
2 Effect of household and community interventions on the burden of tuberculosis in southern Africa: the ZAMSTAR community-randomised trial. Lancet 2013 4.58
3 How soon after infection with HIV does the risk of tuberculosis start to increase? A retrospective cohort study in South African gold miners. J Infect Dis 2004 3.50
4 Human immunodeficiency virus and the prevalence of undiagnosed tuberculosis in African gold miners. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 3.26
5 Large-scale evaluation of enzyme-linked immunospot assay and skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection against a gradient of exposure in The Gambia. Clin Infect Dis 2004 2.62
6 A four-month gatifloxacin-containing regimen for treating tuberculosis. N Engl J Med 2014 2.39
7 Influence of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin on antibody and cytokine responses to human neonatal vaccination. J Immunol 2002 1.98
8 "That is why I stopped the ART": patients' & providers' perspectives on barriers to and enablers of HIV treatment adherence in a South African workplace programme. BMC Public Health 2008 1.96
9 Risk factors for tuberculosis infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a contact study in The Gambia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003 1.73
10 Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy and the cytochrome P450 2B6 516G>T polymorphism on efavirenz concentrations in adults in South Africa. Antivir Ther 2009 1.66
11 Active tuberculosis in Africa is associated with reduced Th1 and increased Th2 activity in vivo. Eur J Immunol 2002 1.61
12 The risk and timing of tuberculosis diagnosed in smear-negative TB suspects: a 12 month cohort study in Harare, Zimbabwe. PLoS One 2010 1.60
13 Evaluation of a workplace HIV treatment programme in South Africa. AIDS 2007 1.52
14 Efficacy of secondary isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected Southern Africans: time to change policy? AIDS 2003 1.51
15 Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa: a case-control and family study. J Infect Dis 2004 1.43
16 Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for screening ambulatory HIV-infected persons for tuberculosis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2011 1.41
17 Undiagnosed tuberculosis among HIV clinic attendees: association with antiretroviral therapy and implications for intensified case finding, isoniazid preventive therapy, and infection control. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2012 1.39
18 Evaluation of the prognostic value of IFN-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis cases in Senegal. PLoS One 2010 1.37
19 An evaluation of culture results during treatment for tuberculosis as surrogate endpoints for treatment failure and relapse. PLoS One 2013 1.36
20 The relationship of acceptance or denial of HIV-status to antiretroviral adherence among adult HIV patients in urban Botswana. Soc Sci Med 2008 1.36
21 Stable incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative South African gold miners during a decade of epidemic HIV-associated TB. J Infect Dis 2003 1.36
22 Low haemoglobin predicts early mortality among adults starting antiretroviral therapy in an HIV care programme in South Africa: a cohort study. BMC Public Health 2010 1.30
23 Restricted randomization of ZAMSTAR: a 2 x 2 factorial cluster randomized trial. Clin Trials 2008 1.22
24 HIV and pulmonary tuberculosis: the impact goes beyond those infected with HIV. AIDS 2004 1.21
25 Immune responses to mycobacterial antigens in the Gambian population: implications for vaccines and immunodiagnostic test design. Infect Immun 2004 1.21
26 The association between household socioeconomic position and prevalent tuberculosis in Zambia: a case-control study. PLoS One 2011 1.20
27 School closures and student contact patterns. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 1.20
28 Risk factors for tuberculosis infection in children in contact with infectious tuberculosis cases in the Gambia, West Africa. Pediatrics 2003 1.18
29 Variants in the SP110 gene are associated with genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.16
30 Host genetic factors and vaccine-induced immunity to hepatitis B virus infection. PLoS One 2008 1.16
31 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
32 Tuberculosis infection in Zambia: the association with relative wealth. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009 1.13
33 Second-line antiretroviral therapy in a workplace and community-based treatment programme in South Africa: determinants of virological outcome. PLoS One 2012 1.13
34 A novel HIV treatment model using private practitioners in South Africa. Sex Transm Infect 2012 1.05
35 Cost-effectiveness of lumbar spine radiography in primary care patients with low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 1.02
36 A pivotal registration phase III, multicenter, randomized tuberculosis controlled trial: design issues and lessons learnt from the Gatifloxacin for TB (OFLOTUB) project. Trials 2012 1.01
37 Hepatitis B immunisation induces higher antibody and memory Th2 responses in new-borns than in adults. Vaccine 2004 1.00
38 Preventive therapy for child contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study. Clin Infect Dis 2013 0.96
39 Host genetic factors and vaccine-induced immunity to HBV infection: haplotype analysis. PLoS One 2010 0.95
40 Twelve-monthly versus six-monthly radiological screening for active case-finding of tuberculosis: a randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2010 0.94
41 Association of BMI category change with TB treatment mortality in HIV-positive smear-negative and extrapulmonary TB patients in Myanmar and Zimbabwe. PLoS One 2012 0.92
42 Descriptors of breathlessness in patients with cancer and other cardiorespiratory diseases. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002 0.91
43 Discussing matters of sexual health with children: what issues relating to disclosure of parental HIV status reveal. AIDS Care 2009 0.87
44 Folic acid treatment of Zambian children with moderate to severe malaria anemia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006 0.86
45 Pregnancy incidence and correlates during the HVTN 503 Phambili HIV vaccine trial conducted among South African women. PLoS One 2012 0.86
46 Variants of the CD40 ligand gene are not associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa. Immunogenetics 2003 0.84
47 A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of atovaquone-proguanil vs. sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of malarial anaemia in Zambian children. Trop Med Int Health 2006 0.83
48 Opportunities afforded by new drugs for tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis 2010 0.83
49 HIV infection and chronic chest disease as risk factors for bacterial pneumonia: a case-control study. AIDS 2003 0.81
50 Individualised motivational counselling to enhance adherence to antiretroviral therapy is not superior to didactic counselling in South African patients: findings of the CAPRISA 058 randomised controlled trial. AIDS Behav 2015 0.79
51 Risk factors for infection and disease in child contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis 2013 0.78
52 Interleukin-8 polymorphism is not associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in the gambia. J Infect Dis 2004 0.78
53 Counseling versus antidepressant therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate depression in primary care: economic analysis. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2003 0.77
54 Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia. Ann Trop Paediatr 2005 0.77
55 Effect of home-based interventions on virologic outcomes in adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Africa: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 2014 0.76