Is one sputum specimen as good as two during follow-up cultures for monitoring multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients in India?

by Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Ajay M V Kumar, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Ranjani Ramachandran, Srinath Satyanarayana, Avi Bansal, Malik Parmar, Sarabjit Chadha, Sreenivas Nair, Ashok Kumar, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Mary Edginton, Puneet K Dewan
Published 2012-01-01

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Programme Services in Selected Health Facilities in Lilongwe, Malawi: Operational Research in Real Time

by Pruthu Thekkur, Hannock Tweya, Sam Phiri, James Mpunga, Thokozani Kalua, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, I. D. Rusen, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2021-05-01

Has introduction of rapid drug susceptibility testing at diagnosis impacted treatment outcomes among previously treated tuberculosis patients in Gujarat, India?

by Paresh Dave, Bhavin Vadera, Ajay M V Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Bhavesh Modi, Rajesh Solanki, Pranav Patel, Prakash Patel, Kirit Pujara, Pankaj Nimavat, Amar Shah, Sandeep Bharaswadkar, Kiran Rade, Malik Parmar, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair
Published 2015-01-01

Direct Observation of Treatment Provided by a Family Member as Compared to Non-Family Member among Children with New Tuberculosis: A Pragmatic, Non-Inferiority, Cluster-Randomized...

by Paresh Vamanrao Dave, Amar Niranjan Shah, Pankaj B Nimavat, Bhavesh B Modi, Kirit R Pujara, Pradip Patel, Keshabhai Mehariya, Kiran Vaman Rade, Soma Shekar, Kuldeep S Sachdeva, John E Oeltmann, Ajay M V Kumar
Published 2016-01-01

Operational Research to Assess the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Services: The Experience and Response from Health Facilities in Harare, Zimbabwe

by Pruthu Thekkur, Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Collins Timire, Charles Sandy, Tsitsi Apollo, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, I. D. Rusen, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2021-05-01

Implementation of the new integrated algorithm for diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Karnataka State, India: How well are we doing?

by Uma Shankar S, Ajay M V Kumar, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Divya Nair, Reena Kingsbury, Padmesha R, Magesh Velu, Suganthi P, Joydev Gupta, Jameel Ahmed, Puttaswamy G, Somashekarayya Hiremath, Ravi K Jaiswal, Rony Jose Kokkad, Somashekar N
Published 2021-01-01

LED-fluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis under programmatic conditions in India.

by Lord Wasim Reza, Srinath Satyanarayna, Donald A Enarson, Ajay M V Kumar, Karuna Sagili, Sujeet Kumar, Levi Anand Prabhakar, N M Devendrappa, Ashish Pandey, Nevin Wilson, Sarabjit Chadha, Badri Thapa, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Mohan P Kohli
Published 2013-01-01

Assessing the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Services: The Experience and Response from Selected Health Facilities in Nairobi, Kenya

by Irene Mbithi, Pruthu Thekkur, Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Elizabeth Onyango, Philip Owiti, Ngugi Catherine Njeri, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Hemant D. Shewade, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah, I. D. Rusen, Selma Dar Berger, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2021-05-01

‘I am on treatment since 5 months but I have not received any money’: coverage, delays and implementation challenges of ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ for tuberculosis patients – a mixe...

by Abhay Subhashrao Nirgude, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Timire Collins, Poonam Ramesh Naik, Malik Parmar, Li Tao, Kibballi Madhukeshwar Akshaya, Pracheth Raghuveer, Santosh K. Yatnatti, Navya Nagendra, Sharath B. Nagaraja, Shaira Habeena, Badarudeen MN, Ramkrishna Rao, Suresh Shastri
Published 2019-01-01

Alarming levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in metropolitan Mumbai, India.

by Petros Isaakidis, Mrinalini Das, Ajay M V Kumar, Christopher Peskett, Minni Khetarpal, Arun Bamne, Balkrishna Adsul, Mamta Manglani, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Malik Parmar, Avinash Kanchar, B B Rewari, Alaka Deshpande, Camilla Rodrigues, Anjali Shetty, Lorraine Rebello, Peter Saranchuk
Published 2014-01-01

Initiation of antiretroviral therapy or antiretroviral prophylaxis in pregnant women living with HIV registered in five townships of Mandalay, Myanmar: A cross sectional study

by Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Aye Aye Mon, Khaing Hnin Phyo, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Than Than Lwin, Zaw Zaw Aung, Thet Ko Aung, Myo Minn Oo, Thurain Htun, Sai Soe Thu Ya, Srinath Satyanarayana, Htun Nyunt Oo
Published 2019-12-01

Outcomes of Community-Based Systematic Screening of Household Contacts of Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Myanmar

by Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Aung Sithu, Srinath Satyanarayana, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Saw Thein, Aye Myat Thi, Pyae Phyo Wai, Yan Naing Lin, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Moe Myint Theingi Tun, Myo Minn Oo, Si Thu Aung, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2019-12-01

Erratum to: High pre-diagnosis attrition among patients with presumptive MDR-TB: an operational research from Bhopal district, India

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Arun M. Kokane, Akash Ranjan Singh, Manoj Verma, Malik Parmar, Ashish Chauhan, Sanjay Singh Chahar, Manoj Tiwari, Sheeba Naz Khan, Vivek Gupta, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Mukesh Nagar, Sanjai Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar Mehra, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Published 2017-04-01

Uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive women ever enrolled into ‘prevention of mother to child transmission’ programme, Mandalay, Myanmar—a cohort study

by Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Srinath Satyanarayana, Khaing Hnin Phyo, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Aye Aye Mon, Than Than Lwin, Thet Ko Aung, Myo Minn Oo, Zaw Zaw Aung, Thurain Htun, Nang Seng Noon Kham, Theingi Mya, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Htun Nyunt Oo
Published 2018-12-01

An Innovative Public–Private Mix Model for Improving Tuberculosis Care in Vietnam: How Well are We Doing?

by Thuong Do Thu, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Thurain Htun, Hoi Le Van, Luan Vo Nguyen Quang, Thuy Dong Thi Thu, Andrew Codlin, Rachel Forse, Jacob Crewsell, Hoi Nguyen Thanh, Hai Nguyen Viet, Huy Bui Van, Hoa Nguyen Binh, Nhung Nguyen Viet
Published 2020-02-01

Will adoption of the 2010 WHO ART guidelines for HIV-infected TB patients increase the demand for ART services in India?

by Ajay M V Kumar, Devesh Gupta, B B Rewari, Damodar Bachani, Suresh Mohammed, Vartika Sharma, Kumaraswamy Lal, H R Raveendra Reddy, Balaji Naik, Rita Prasad, Mohammed Yaqoob, K G Deepak, Suresh Shastri, Srinath Satyanarayana, Anthony David Harries, Lakhbir Singh Chauhan, Puneet Dewan
Published 2011-01-01

Translational Research for Tuberculosis Elimination: Priorities, Challenges, and Actions.

by Christian Lienhardt, Knut Lönnroth, Dick Menzies, Manica Balasegaram, Jeremiah Chakaya, Frank Cobelens, Jennifer Cohn, Claudia M Denkinger, Thomas G Evans, Gunilla Källenius, Gilla Kaplan, Ajay M V Kumar, Line Matthiessen, Charles S Mgone, Valerie Mizrahi, Ya-Diul Mukadi, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Anders Nordström, Christine F Sizemore, Melvin Spigelman, S Bertel Squire, Soumya Swaminathan, Paul D Van Helden, Alimuddin Zumla, Karin Weyer, Diana Weil, Mario Raviglione
Published 2016-03-01

Operational research within a Global Fund supported tuberculosis project in India: why, how and its contribution towards change in policy and practice

by Karuna D Sagili, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sarabjit S Chadha, Nevin C Wilson, Ajay M V Kumar, Patrick K Moonan, John E Oeltmann, Vineet K Chadha, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Smita Ghosh, Terrence Q Lo, Tyson Volkmann, Matthew Willis, Kalpita Shringarpure, Ravichandra Chinnappa Reddy, Prahlad Kumar, Sreenivas A Nair, Raghuram Rao, Mohammed Yassin, Perry Mwangala, Rony Zachariah, Jamhoih Tonsing, Anthony D Harries, Sunil Khaparde
Published 2018-01-01

Active versus passive case finding for tuberculosis in marginalised and vulnerable populations in India: comparison of treatment outcomes

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Vivek Gupta, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sunil Kumar, Prabhat Pandey, U. N. Bajpai, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Soundappan Kathirvel, Sripriya Pandurangan, Subrat Mohanty, Vaibhav Haribhau Ghule, Karuna D. Sagili, Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Priyanka Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Gurukartick Jayaraman, P. Rajeswaran, Moumita Biswas, Gayadhar Mallick, Ali Jafar Naqvi, Ashwin Kumar Bharadwaj, K. Sathiyanarayanan, Aniruddha Pathak, Nisha Mohan, Raghuram Rao, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Sarabjit Singh Chadha
Published 2019-01-01

Patient characteristics, health seeking and delays among new sputum smear positive TB patients identified through active case finding when compared to passive case finding in India...

by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Vivek Gupta, Srinath Satyanarayana, Prabhat Pandey, U N Bajpai, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Soundappan Kathirvel, Sripriya Pandurangan, Subrat Mohanty, Vaibhav Haribhau Ghule, Karuna D Sagili, Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Sudhi Nath, Priyanka Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Ramesh Singh, Gurukartick Jayaraman, P Rajeswaran, Binod Kumar Srivastava, Moumita Biswas, Gayadhar Mallick, Om Prakash Bera, K N Sahai, Lakshmi Murali, Sanjeev Kamble, Madhav Deshpande, Naresh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, A James Jeyakumar Jaisingh, Ali Jafar Naqvi, Prafulla Verma, Mohammed Salauddin Ansari, Prafulla C Mishra, G Sumesh, Sanjeeb Barik, Vijesh Mathew, Manas Ranjan Singh Lohar, Chandrashekhar S Gaurkhede, Ganesh Parate, Sharifa Yasin Bale, Ishwar Koli, Ashwin Kumar Bharadwaj, G Venkatraman, K Sathiyanarayanan, Jinesh Lal, Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Raghuram Rao, Ajay M V Kumar, Sarabjit Singh Chadha
Published 2019-01-01