Comparing same day sputum microscopy with conventional sputum microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis--Chhattisgarh, India.

by Priyakanta Nayak, Ajay M V Kumar, Mareli Claassens, Donald A Enarson, Srinath Satyanarayana, Debashish Kundu, Kshitij Khaparde, Tarun K Agrawal, Shankar Dapkekar, Sachin Chandraker, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair
Published 2013-01-01

Beneficial effect of isoniazid preventive therapy and antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Ethiopia.

by Kesetebirhan Delele Yirdaw, Degu Jerene, Zewdu Gashu, M E Edginton, Ajay M V Kumar, Yohannes Letamo, Beniam Feleke, Alula M Teklu, Solomon Zewdu, Bill Weiss, Andrea Ruff
Published 2014-01-01

Sputum smear microscopy at two months into continuation-phase: should it be done in all patients with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis?

by Mohit Padamchand Gandhi, Ajay M V Kumar, Manoj Nandkishor Toshniwal, Raveendra H R Reddy, John E Oeltmann, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet Kumar Dewan, Shamim Mannan
Published 2012-01-01

HIV testing uptake and HIV positivity among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Mandalay, Myanmar, 2014-2017.

by Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Myo Su Kyi, Sandar Aye, Anthony D Harries, Ajay M V Kumar, Nay Lynn Oo, Srinath Satyanarayana, Si Thu Aung
Published 2020-01-01

High Levels of Treatment Success and Zero Relapse in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Receiving a Levofloxacin-Based Shorter Treatment Regimen in Vietnam

by Le T. N. Anh, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Thurain Htun, Thuy Thanh Hoang Thi, Giang Hoai Nguyen, Mamel Quelapio, Agnes Gebhard, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Nhung Viet Nguyen
Published 2020-03-01

What are the reasons for poor uptake of HIV testing among patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

by Bipra Bishnu, Sudipto Bhaduri, Ajay M V Kumar, Eleanor S Click, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Devesh Gupta, Quazi T Ahmed, Silajit Sarkar, Durba Paul, Puneet Dewan
Published 2013-01-01

Screening People with Tuberculosis for High Risk of Severe Illness at Notification: Programmatic Experience from Karnataka, India

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Hosadurga Jagadish Deepak Murthy, Basavarajachar Vanitha, Madhavi Bhargava, Anil Singarajipura, Suresh G. Shastri, Ramesh Chandra Reddy, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Anurag Bhargava
Published 2021-06-01

Feasibility and effectiveness of provider initiated HIV testing and counseling of TB suspects in Vizianagaram district, South India.

by Shanta Achanta, Ajay M V Kumar, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Jyoti Jaju, Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Ramakrishna Uppaluri, Rama Rao Tekumalla, Devesh Gupta, Ashok Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet K Dewan
Published 2012-01-01

Intensive-phase treatment outcomes among hospitalized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: results from a nationwide cohort in Nigeria.

by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Petros Isaakidis, Olusegun J Obasanya, Osman Eltayeb, Mohammed Khogali, Rafael Van den Bergh, Ajay M V Kumar, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Saddiq T Abdurrahman, Lovett Lawson, Luis E Cuevas
Published 2014-01-01

Investing in Operational Research Capacity Building for Front-Line Health Workers Strengthens Countries’ Resilience to Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Rony Zachariah, Selma Dar Berger, Pruthu Thekkur, Mohammed Khogali, Karapet Davtyan, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Francis Moses, Garry Aslanyan, Abraham Aseffa, Anthony D. Harries, John C. Reeder
Published 2020-07-01

High rate of virological failure and low rate of switching to second-line treatment among adolescents and adults living with HIV on first-line ART in Myanmar, 2005-2015.

by Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Anthony D Harries, Ajay M V Kumar, Myo Minn Oo, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Than Win, Thet Ko Aung, Aung Chan Min, Htun Nyunt Oo
Published 2017-01-01

To start or to complete? – Challenges in implementing tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV: a mixed-methods study from Karnataka, India

by Mahendra M. Reddy, Pruthu Thekkur, Nagesh Ramya, Prasanna B. T. Kamath, Suresh G. Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Abhay S. Nirgude, Chethana Rangaraju, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Published 2020-12-01

Contact Investigation of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study from Myanmar

by Aye Mon Phyo, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Kyaw Thu Soe, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Aung Si Thu, Pyae Phyo Wai, Sandar Aye, Saw Saw, Htet Myet Win Maung, Si Thu Aung
Published 2019-12-01

High diabetes prevalence among tuberculosis cases in Kerala, India.

by Shibu Balakrishnan, Shibu Vijayan, Sanjeev Nair, Jayasankar Subramoniapillai, Sunilkumar Mrithyunjayan, Nevin Wilson, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet K Dewan, Ajay M V Kumar, Durai Karthickeyan, Matthew Willis, Anthony D Harries, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair
Published 2012-01-01

Building Global Capacity for Conducting Operational Research Using the SORT IT Model: Where and Who?

by Rony Zachariah, Stefanie Rust, Selma Dar Berger, Nathalie Guillerm, Karen Bissell, Paul Delaunois, Anthony J Reid, Ajay M V Kumar, Piero L Olliaro, John C Reeder, Anthony D Harries, Andrew Ramsay
Published 2016-01-01

Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India.

by Shanta Achanta, Jyoti Jaju, Ajay M V Kumar, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Sasidhar Kumar Bandi, Ashok Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Anthony David Harries, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Puneet K Dewan
Published 2013-01-01

Long-term outcomes of second-line antiretroviral treatment in an adult and adolescent cohort in Myanmar

by Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Myo Minn Oo, Htun Nyunt Oo, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Soe Thiha, Thet Ko Aung, Than Win, Yin Yin Mon, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2017-01-01

Real-Time Operational Research: Case Studies from the Field of Tuberculosis and Lessons Learnt

by Anthony D. Harries, Pruthu Thekkur, Irene Mbithi, Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Hannock Tweya, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Selma Dar Berger, I. D. Rusen, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah
Published 2021-06-01

Can follow-up examination of tuberculosis patients be simplified? A study in Chhattisgarh, India.

by Debashish Kundu, Ajay M V Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet Kumar Dewan, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Kshitij Khaparde, Priyakanta Nayak, Rafael Van den Bergh, Marcel Manzi, Donald A Enarson, Madhav Rao Deshpande, Sachin Chandraker
Published 2012-01-01

Blended SORT-IT for operational research capacity building: the model, its successes and challenges

by Tom Decroo, Rafael Van den Bergh, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Rony Zachariah, Erin Schillberg, Philip Owiti, Wilma van den Boogaard, Guido Benedetti, Safieh Shah, Engy Ali, Anthony D. Harries, Anthony J. Reid
Published 2018-01-01