Tuberculosis

2014

Woldesemayat EM, Datiko DG, Lindtjorn B. Use of biomass fuel in households is not a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis in South Ethiopia. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease.  2014;18(1):67-72.

2013

Ade, S, Harries AD, Trebucq A, Hinderaker SG, Ade G, Agodokpessi G, Affolabi D, Koumakpai S, Anagounou S, Gninafon M. The burden and outcomes of childhood tuberculosis in Cotonou, Benin. Public Health Action 2013; 3(1):15-19.

Hinderaker SG, Fatima R. Lost in time and space: the outcome of patients transferred out from large hospitals. Public Health Action 2013; 3(1):2.

Kilale AM, Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga GS, Egwaga S, Doulla B, Kumar AMV, Khogali M, van Griensven J, Harries AD, Zachariah R, Hinderaker SG. Are sputum samples of retreatment tuberculosis reaching the reference laboratories? A 9-year audit in Tanzania. Public Health Action 2013; 3(2):156-159.

2012

Tamura M, Hinderaker  SG, Manzi M, Van Den Bergh R, Zachariah R. Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa. Public Health Action 2012; 2(4):122-125.

Kanyerere HS, Mpunga J, Tweya H, Edginton M, Harries AD, Hinderaker SG, Chimbwandira F, Gonani A, Mbendera K. Timing of antiretroviral therapy and effects on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in HIV-co-infected patients in Malawi. Public Health Action 2012; 2(4):174-177.

Nagaraja SB, Kumar AMV, Sachdeva KS, Ramachandran R, Satyanarayana S, Bansal A, Parmar M, Chadha S, Nair1 S, Kumar A, Hinderaker SG, Edginton M, Dewan PK. Is One Sputum Specimen as Good as Two during Follow-Up Cultures for Monitoring Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in India? PLoSOne 2012; 7(9):e45554.

Win AN, Edginton M, Hinderaker SG, Minn NN, Linn AK. Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among retreatment patients registered by private practitioners in Myanmar. Public Health Action 2012; 2(3):79-81.

Bissell, K., Harries, A. D., Reid, A. J., Edginton, M.,  Hinderaker, S. G., Satyanarayana, S., Enarson, D. A., and Zachariah, R. Operational research training: the course and beyond. Public Health Action 2012; 2(3):92-97.

Zachariah, R., Harries, A. D., Srinath, S., Ram, S., Viney, K., Singogo, E., Lal, P., Mendoza-Ticona, A., Sreenivas, A., Aung, N. W., Sharath, B. N., Kanyerere, H., van Soelen, N., Kirui, N., Ali, E., Hinderaker, S. G., Bissell, K., Enarson, D. A., and Edginton, M. E. Language in tuberculosis services: can we change to patient-centered terminology and stop the paradigm of blaming the patients? Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2012; 16(6):714-717.

2011

Toril M. Knudsen, Odd Mørkve, Sayoki Mfinanga  and Jon A. Hardie. Predictive equations for spirometric reference values in a healthy adult suburban population in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 2011; 13(3). http://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/64540

Datiko, D. G. (2011). Improving Tuberculosis Control in Ethiopia: Performance of TB control programme, community DOTS and its cost-effectiveness. Centre for International Health. Bergen, University of Bergen.PhD: 162.

Assefa D, Melaku Z, Gadissa T, Negash A, Hinderaker SG, Harries AD. Intensified tuberculosis case finding among people living with HIV in a hospital clinic in Ethiopia. Int J Tuberc.Lung Dis 2011; 15(3):411-413.

Qi W, Harries AD, Hinderaker SG. Performance of culture and drug sensitivity testing in pulmonary TB patients in Northern China. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011; 15(1):137-139.

Afutu FK, Zacharia R, Hinderaker SG, Ntoah-Boadid H, Apori Obengd E, Adae Bonsua F, Harries A.D. High initial default in patients with smear positive pulmonary TB at a regional hospital in Accra, Ghana. Trans.Royal Sos.Trop.Med.Hyg. 2011;  106:511-513.

Hinderaker SG, Madland S, Ullenes M, Enarson DA, Rusen ID, Kamara D. Treatment delay among tuberculosis patients in Tanzania: Data from the FIDELIS Initiative. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:306.

Hinderaker SG, Rusen ID, Chiang CY, Yan L,  Heldal E, Enarson DA. The FIDELIS initiative: innovative strategies for increased case finding. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis 2011; 15(1):71–76

Fatima R, Ejaz Q, Enarson DA, Bissell K. Comprehensiveness of primary services in the care of infectious tuberculosis patients in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Public Health Action 2011; 1(1):13-15.

N.Safdar, S.G.Hinderaker, N.A. Baloch, D.Enarson, M.A. Khan, O.Mørkve. Translating childhood tuberculosis case management research into operational policies. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011; 15(8):1127-1130.

N.Safdar, S.G.Hinderaker, N.A. Baloch, D.Enarson, M.A. Khan, O.Mørkve. Childhood tuberculosis deskguide and monitoring: An intervention to improve case management in Pakistan. BMC Health Service Research 2011, 11:187.

2010

Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Mortality in successfully treated TB patients in southern Ethiopia: retrospective post-treatment follow up study. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2010, 14 (7): 866-871

Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Cost and cost-effectiveness of smear-positive tuberculosis treatment by health extension workers in southern ethiopia: a community randomized trial. PLoS One. 2010;5(2):e9158. (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00913172)

Mbazi Senkoro , Sayoki G Mfinanga and Odd Morkve. Smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10: 210.

2009

Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Tuberculosis recurrence in smear-positive patients cured under DOTS in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:348

Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Health Extension Workers Improve Tuberculosis Case Notification and Treatment Success in Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Randomized Trial PLoS ONE 2009; 4(5): e5443.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005443. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00803322.

Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga SG, Bruun JN, Morkve O. Immunohaematological reference values in human immunodeficiency virus-negative adolescent and adults in rural northern Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2009; 9: 1.

Ngadaya ES, Mfinanga GS, Wandwalo ER, Morkve O. Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania: does duration of cough matter? BMC Health Services Research 2009; 9: 112.

Ngadaya ES, Mfinanga GS, Wandwalo ER, Morkve O. Pulmonary tuberculosis among women with cough attending clinics for family planning and maternal and child health in Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania. BMC Public Health 2009; 9: 278.

Ngadaya ES, Mfinanga GS, Wandwalo E,Morkve O. Delay in TB case detection in Pwani Region , Tanzania – a cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2009,9:196

Basnet R, Hinderaker SG, Enarson D, Malle P, Mørkve O. Delay in the diagnosis of TB in Nepal. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:236

Hinderaker SG, Ysykeeva J, Veen J, Enarson DA. Serious adverse reactions in a tuberculosis programme setting in Kyrgyzstan. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2009; 13(12):1560-1562.

Aït-Khaled, N., Alarcon, E., Bissell, K., Boillot, F., Caminero, J. A., Chiang, C. Y., Clevenbergh, P., Dlodlo, R., Enarson, D. A., Enarson, P., Ferroussier, O., Fujiwara, P. I., Harries, A. D., Heldal, E., Hinderaker, S. G., Kim, S. J., Lienhardt, C., Rieder, H. L., Rusen, I. D., Trébucq, A., Van Deun, A., and Wilson, N. Isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV: public health challenges and implementation issues. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2009; 13(8):927-935.

Harries, A. D., Rusen, I. D., Chiang, C. Y., Hinderaker, S. G., and Enarson, D. A. Registering initial defaulters and reporting on their treatment outcomes. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2009; 13:801-803.

2008 and later

Datiko DG, Yassin MA, Chekol LT, Kabeto LE, Lindtjørn B. The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community.BMC Public Health. 2008;8:266.

Ngowi BJ, Mfinanga GS, Bruun JN,  Morkve O. Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 341.

Shargie EB, Lindtjørn B. Determinants of treatment adherence among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia. PLoS Med. 2007;4:e37.

Mfinanga SG, Sviland L, Chande H, Mustafa T, Mørkve O. How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings? East Afr J Public Health. 2007 Oct;4(2):47-50.

Rusen, I. D., Aït-Khaled, N., Alarcón, E., Billo, N., Bissell, K., Boillot, F., Caminero, J., Chiang, C. Y., Clevenbergh, P., Dhliwayo, P., Dlodlo, R., Enarson, D. A., Ferroussier, O., Fujiwara, P. I., Heldal, E., Hinderaker, S. G., Kim, S. J., Lienhardt, C., Rieder, H. L., Trébucq, A., Van Deun, A., and Wilson, N. Cochrane systematic review of directly observed therapy for treating tuberculosis: good analysis of the wrong outcome. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2007; 11: 120-121.

Demissie M, Omer OA, Lindtjørn B, Hombergh J. 2006  “Tuberculosis” in Berhane Y, Hailemariam D and Kloos (Eds) The Epidemiology and Ecology of Health and Disease in Ethiopia.  Page  409-434. Addis Ababa: Shama Books

Jerene D, Naess A, Lindtjørn B. Antiretroviral therapy at a district hospital in Ethiopia prevents death and tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV patients. AIDS Res Ther. 2006;3:10.

Shargie EB, Mørkve O, Lindtjørn B. Tuberculosis case-finding through a village outreach programme in a rural setting in southern Ethiopia: community randomized trial. Bull World Health Organ. 2006;84:112-9.

Shargie EB, Yassin MA, Lindtjørn B. Prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural district of Ethiopia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006;10:87-92.

Tehmina Mustafa, Harald G Wiker, Sayoki GM Mfinanga, Odd Mørkve, and Lisbet Sviland. Immunohistochemistry using a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antibody for improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Modern Pathology 2006; 19:1606-1614.

Wandwalo, E., Makundi, E., Hasler, T., and Morkve, O.  Acceptability of community and health facility-based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Tanzanian urban setting. Health Policy 2006; 78:284-294.

Shargie EB, Lindtjørn B. DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis. BMC Public Health. 2005;5:62.

Shargie, Estifanos Biru; Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed; Lindtjørn, Bernt. Quality control of sputum microscopic examinations for acid fast bacilli in southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 2005;19(2):104-108.

Wandwalo, E., Robberstad, B., and Morkve, O.  Cost and cost-effectiveness of community based and health facility based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Cost Effectiveness Res.Alloc. 2005; 3:6.

Tuberculosis Division International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Tuberculosis bacteriology – priorities and indications in high prevalence countries: position of the technical staff of the Tuberculosis Division of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2005;  9:355-361.

Mfinanga SG, Morkve O, Sviland L, Kazwala RR, Chande H, Nilsen R. Patient knowledge, practices and challenges to health care system in early diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis. East Afr Med J. 2005 Apr;82(4):173-80. (no pdf)

Wandwalo, E., Kapalata, N., Egwaga, S., and Morkve, O. Effectiveness of community-based directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in an urban setting in Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. 2004; 8:1248-1254.

Wandwalo E, Kapalata N, Tarimo E, Corrigan CB, Morkve O. Collaboration between the national tuberculosis programme and a non governmental organisation in TB/HIV care at a district level: experience from Tanzania. African Health Sciences 2004; 4(2):109-114.

Mfinanga GS, Mørkve O, Kazwala R, Cleaveland S, Kunda J, Sharp MJ, Nilsen R. Mycobacterial adenitis: Role of mycobacterium Bovis, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, HIV infection and risk factors in Arusha, Tanzania. East African Medical Journal 2004; 81(4):171-178. (no pdf)

Suleiman BA, Houssein AI, Mehta F, Hinderaker SG. Do doctors in north-western Somalia follow the national guidelines for tuberculosis management? Eastern Mediterranean Health  Journal 2003; 9(4)789-795.

Mfinanga SG, Mørkve O, Kazwala RR, Cleaveland S, Sharp JM, Shirima G, Nilsen R. Tribal differences in perception of tuberculosis: a possible role in tuberculosis control in Arusha, Tanzania. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003 Oct;7(10):933-41.

Mfinanga SG, Mørkve O, Kazwala RR, Cleaveland S, Sharp JM, Shirima G, Nilsen R. The role of livestock keeping in tuberculosis trends in Arusha, Tanzania. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003 Jul;7(7):695-704.

Madebo T, Lindtjørn B, Aukrust P, Berge RK. Circulating antioxidants and lipid peroxidation products in untreated tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;78:117-22.

Demissie M, Getahun H, Lindtjørn B. Community tuberculosis care through “TB clubs” in rural North Ethiopia. Soc Sci Med. 2003;56:2009-18.

Demissie M and Lindtjørn B. Gender perspective in health: does it matter in tuberculosis control? Ethiop J Hlth Dev 2003; 17: 239-243Demissie M, Zenebre B, Berhane Y and Lindtjørn B. Rapid survey to determine the prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Addis Ababa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2002,6(7): 1-5.

Demissie M, Berhane Y and Lindtjørn B. Patient and Health Service delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa. BMC Public Health 2002 2:23. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/2/23

Lindtjørn B, Madebo T. The outcome of tuberculosis treatment at a rural hospital in south Ethiopia. Tropical Doctor 2001; 31(3): 132-5

Demissie M, Lemma E, Gebeyehu M and Lindtjørn B. Sensitivity to anti TB drugs in HIV positive and negative TB patients. Scan J Infect Dis 2001; 33: 914-919.

Demissie M, Lindtjørn B and Tegbaru B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia. Ethiop J Hlth Dev 2000; 14(3): 277-282.