2023

Burke, R. M. et al. (2023) Impact of community-wide tuberculosis active case finding and HIV testing on tuberculosis trends in Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad238) (PMID:37099318) (Early Online Publication)

Dodd, P. J., Shaweno, D., Ku, C.-C., Glaziou, P., Pretorius, C., Hayes, R. J., MacPherson, P. , Cohen, T. and Ayles, H. (2023) Transmission modeling to infer tuberculosis incidence prevalence and mortality in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. Nature Communications, 14, 1639. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37314-1)

Burke, R. M., Twabi, H. H., Johnston, C., Nliwasa, M., Gupta-Wright, A., Fielding, K., Ford, N., MacPherson, P. and Corbett, E. L. (2023) Interventions to reduce deaths in people living with HIV admitted to hospital in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(2), e0001557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001557)

Mukoka, M. et al. (2023) Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117(1), pp. 28-37. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac079) (PMID:35963826) (PMCID:PMC9808509)

2022

Majumdar, S. et al. (2022) Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(11), e0001272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001272) (PMID:36962655) (PMCID:PMC10022380)

Finn McQuaid, C., Henrion, M. Y.R., Burke, R. M., MacPherson, P. , Nzawa-Soko, R. and Horton, K. C. (2022) Inequalities in the impact of COVID-19-associated disruptions on tuberculosis diagnosis by age and sex in 45 high TB burden countries. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 432. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02624-6) (PMID:36372899) (PMCID:PMC9660190)

Rickman, H. M., Kamchedzera, W., Schwalb, A., Phiri, M. D., Ruhwald, M., Shanaube, K., Dodd, P. J., Houben, R. M. G. J., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Know your tuberculosis epidemic–is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance? PLoS Global Public Health, 2(10), e0001208. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208)

Thindwa, D. et al. (2022) Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi. Epidemics, 40, 100590. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100590) (PMID:35691100) (PMCID:PMC9176177)

Savage, H. R., Finch, L., Body, R., Watkins, R. L., Hayward, G., Cook, E., Cubas-Atienzar, A. I., Cuevas, L. E., MacPherson, P. and Adams, E. R. (2022) A prospective diagnostic evaluation of accuracy of self-taken and healthcare worker-taken swabs for rapid COVID-19 testing. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0270715. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270715) (PMID:35771760) (PMCID:PMC9246218)

Divala, T. H., Lewis, J., Bulterys, M. A., Lutje, V., Corbett, E. L., Schumacher, S. G. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review. Public Health Action, 12(1), pp. 10-17. (doi: 10.5588/pha.21.0022) (PMID:35317535) (PMCID:PMC8908873)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2022) Design and protocol for a cluster randomised trial of enhanced diagnostics for tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV in hospital in Malawi (CASTLE study). PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0261877. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261877) (PMID:35007306) (PMCID:PMC8746787)

Alba, S. et al. (2022) TB hackathon: development and comparison of five models to predict subnational tuberculosis prevalence in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7010013) (PMID:35051129) (PMCID:PMC8780063)

2021

Ku, C.-C., MacPherson, P. , Khundi, M., Nzawa Soko, R. H., Feasey, H. R. A., Nliwasa, M., Horton, K. C., Corbett, E. L. and Dodd, P. J. (2021) Durations of asymptomatic, symptomatic, and care-seeking phases of tuberculosis disease with a Bayesian analysis of prevalence survey and notification data. BMC Medicine, 19, 298. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9) (PMID:34753468) (PMCID:PMC8579670)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Incidence of HIV-positive admission and inpatient mortality in Malawi (2012-2019). AIDS, 35(13), pp. 2191-2199. (doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003006) (PMID:34172671) (PMCID:PMC7611991)

Schade, A. T., Nyamulani, N., Banza, L. N., Metcalfe, A. J., Leather, A., Madan, J. J., Lallloo, D. G., Harrison, W. J., MacPherson, P. and Thomas, S. A. (2021) Protocol for a prospective cohort study of open tibia fractures in Malawi with a nested implementation of open fracture guidelines. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 228. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17145.1) (PMID:35505977) (PMCID:PMC9034175)

MacPherson, P. et al. (2021) Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): a randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(9), e1003752. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752) (PMID:34499665) (PMCID:PMC8459969)

Schade, A. T., Mbowuwa, F., Chidothi, P., MacPherson, P. , Graham, S. M., Martin, C., Harrison, W. J. and Chokotho, L. (2021) Epidemiology of fractures and their treatment in Malawi: results of a multicentre prospective registry study to guide orthopaedic care planning. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255052. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255052) (PMID:34347803) (PMCID:PMC8336825)

Burke, R. M., Rickman, H. M., Singh, V., Corbett, E. L., Ayles, H., Jahn, A., Hosseinipour, M. C., Wilkinson, R. J. and MacPherson, P. (2021) What is the optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and tuberculosis coinfection? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(7), e25772. (doi: 10.1002/jia2.25772) (PMID:34289243) (PMCID:PMC8294654)

Khundi, M., Carpenter, J. R., Nliwasa, M., Cohen, T., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11, e044715. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715) (PMID:34257091) (PMCID:PMC8278879)

Nzawa Soko, R. et al. (2021) Effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis notifications, Malawi. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), pp. 1831-1839. (doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210557) (PMID:34152962) (PMCID:PMC8237899)

Kamchedzera, W., Maheswaran, H., Squire, S. B., Joekes, E., Pai, M., Nliwasa, M., Lalloo, D. G., Webb, E. L., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Economic costs of accessing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services in Malawi: an analysis of patient costs from a randomised controlled trial of computer-aided chest x-ray interpretation. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 153. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16683.1)

Morton, B. et al. (2021) Distinct clinical and immunological profiles of patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Communications, 12, 3554. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23267-w) (PMID:34117221) (PMCID:PMC8196064)

Mungai, B. N. et al. (2021) 'If not TB, what could it be?' Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. Thorax, 76(6), pp. 607-614. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216123) (PMID:33504563) (PMCID:PMC8223623)

Wingdield, T., Karmadwala, F., MacPherson, P. , Millington, K. A., Walker, N. F., Cuevas, L. E. and Squire, S. B. (2021) Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID-19 era. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(6), pp. 556-558. (doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00161-2) (PMID:33773121) (PMCID:PMC7988354)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e283-e299. (doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00033-5) (PMID:33765456) (PMCID:PMC8082281)

Sohn, H., Sweeney, S., Mudzengi, D., Creswell, J., Menzies, N.A., Fox, G.J., MacPherson, P. and Dowdy, D.W. (2021) Determining the value of TB active case-finding: current evidence and methodological considerations. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25(3), pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0565) (PMID:33688805) (PMCID:PMC9333998)

Kirolos, A., Thindwa, D., Khundi, M., Burke, R. M., Henrion, M. Y.R., Nakamura, I., Divala, T. H., Nilwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Tuberculosis case notifications in Malawi have strong seasonal and weather-related trends. Scientific Reports, 11, 4621. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84124-w) (PMID:33633272) (PMCID:PMC7907065)

Feasey, H. R.A. et al. (2021) Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, 178. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05860-y) (PMID:33588804) (PMCID:PMC7883960)

MacPherson, P. , Williams, C. M., Burke, R. M., Barer, M. R. and Esmail, H. (2021) Before the whistle blows: developing new paradigms in tuberculosis screening to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 8. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16506.1)

Khundi, M., MacPherson, P. , Feasey, H. R. A., Nzawa Soko, R., Nliwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and Carpenter, J. R. (2021) Clinical, health systems and neighbourhood determinants of tuberculosis case fatality in urban Blantyre, Malawi: a multilevel epidemiological analysis of enhanced surveillance data. Epidemiology and Infection, 149, e198. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001862) (PMCID:PMC8414598)

2020

Meghji, J. et al. (2020) Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax, 75(3), pp. 269-278. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213808) (PMID:32102951) (PMCID:PMC7063395)

Articles

Burke, R. M. et al. (2023) Impact of community-wide tuberculosis active case finding and HIV testing on tuberculosis trends in Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad238) (PMID:37099318) (Early Online Publication)

Dodd, P. J., Shaweno, D., Ku, C.-C., Glaziou, P., Pretorius, C., Hayes, R. J., MacPherson, P. , Cohen, T. and Ayles, H. (2023) Transmission modeling to infer tuberculosis incidence prevalence and mortality in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. Nature Communications, 14, 1639. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37314-1)

Burke, R. M., Twabi, H. H., Johnston, C., Nliwasa, M., Gupta-Wright, A., Fielding, K., Ford, N., MacPherson, P. and Corbett, E. L. (2023) Interventions to reduce deaths in people living with HIV admitted to hospital in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(2), e0001557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001557)

Mukoka, M. et al. (2023) Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117(1), pp. 28-37. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac079) (PMID:35963826) (PMCID:PMC9808509)

Majumdar, S. et al. (2022) Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(11), e0001272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001272) (PMID:36962655) (PMCID:PMC10022380)

Finn McQuaid, C., Henrion, M. Y.R., Burke, R. M., MacPherson, P. , Nzawa-Soko, R. and Horton, K. C. (2022) Inequalities in the impact of COVID-19-associated disruptions on tuberculosis diagnosis by age and sex in 45 high TB burden countries. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 432. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02624-6) (PMID:36372899) (PMCID:PMC9660190)

Rickman, H. M., Kamchedzera, W., Schwalb, A., Phiri, M. D., Ruhwald, M., Shanaube, K., Dodd, P. J., Houben, R. M. G. J., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Know your tuberculosis epidemic–is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance? PLoS Global Public Health, 2(10), e0001208. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208)

Thindwa, D. et al. (2022) Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi. Epidemics, 40, 100590. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100590) (PMID:35691100) (PMCID:PMC9176177)

Savage, H. R., Finch, L., Body, R., Watkins, R. L., Hayward, G., Cook, E., Cubas-Atienzar, A. I., Cuevas, L. E., MacPherson, P. and Adams, E. R. (2022) A prospective diagnostic evaluation of accuracy of self-taken and healthcare worker-taken swabs for rapid COVID-19 testing. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0270715. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270715) (PMID:35771760) (PMCID:PMC9246218)

Divala, T. H., Lewis, J., Bulterys, M. A., Lutje, V., Corbett, E. L., Schumacher, S. G. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review. Public Health Action, 12(1), pp. 10-17. (doi: 10.5588/pha.21.0022) (PMID:35317535) (PMCID:PMC8908873)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2022) Design and protocol for a cluster randomised trial of enhanced diagnostics for tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV in hospital in Malawi (CASTLE study). PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0261877. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261877) (PMID:35007306) (PMCID:PMC8746787)

Alba, S. et al. (2022) TB hackathon: development and comparison of five models to predict subnational tuberculosis prevalence in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7010013) (PMID:35051129) (PMCID:PMC8780063)

Ku, C.-C., MacPherson, P. , Khundi, M., Nzawa Soko, R. H., Feasey, H. R. A., Nliwasa, M., Horton, K. C., Corbett, E. L. and Dodd, P. J. (2021) Durations of asymptomatic, symptomatic, and care-seeking phases of tuberculosis disease with a Bayesian analysis of prevalence survey and notification data. BMC Medicine, 19, 298. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9) (PMID:34753468) (PMCID:PMC8579670)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Incidence of HIV-positive admission and inpatient mortality in Malawi (2012-2019). AIDS, 35(13), pp. 2191-2199. (doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003006) (PMID:34172671) (PMCID:PMC7611991)

Schade, A. T., Nyamulani, N., Banza, L. N., Metcalfe, A. J., Leather, A., Madan, J. J., Lallloo, D. G., Harrison, W. J., MacPherson, P. and Thomas, S. A. (2021) Protocol for a prospective cohort study of open tibia fractures in Malawi with a nested implementation of open fracture guidelines. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 228. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17145.1) (PMID:35505977) (PMCID:PMC9034175)

MacPherson, P. et al. (2021) Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): a randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(9), e1003752. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752) (PMID:34499665) (PMCID:PMC8459969)

Schade, A. T., Mbowuwa, F., Chidothi, P., MacPherson, P. , Graham, S. M., Martin, C., Harrison, W. J. and Chokotho, L. (2021) Epidemiology of fractures and their treatment in Malawi: results of a multicentre prospective registry study to guide orthopaedic care planning. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255052. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255052) (PMID:34347803) (PMCID:PMC8336825)

Burke, R. M., Rickman, H. M., Singh, V., Corbett, E. L., Ayles, H., Jahn, A., Hosseinipour, M. C., Wilkinson, R. J. and MacPherson, P. (2021) What is the optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and tuberculosis coinfection? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(7), e25772. (doi: 10.1002/jia2.25772) (PMID:34289243) (PMCID:PMC8294654)

Khundi, M., Carpenter, J. R., Nliwasa, M., Cohen, T., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11, e044715. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715) (PMID:34257091) (PMCID:PMC8278879)

Nzawa Soko, R. et al. (2021) Effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis notifications, Malawi. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), pp. 1831-1839. (doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210557) (PMID:34152962) (PMCID:PMC8237899)

Kamchedzera, W., Maheswaran, H., Squire, S. B., Joekes, E., Pai, M., Nliwasa, M., Lalloo, D. G., Webb, E. L., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Economic costs of accessing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services in Malawi: an analysis of patient costs from a randomised controlled trial of computer-aided chest x-ray interpretation. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 153. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16683.1)

Morton, B. et al. (2021) Distinct clinical and immunological profiles of patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Communications, 12, 3554. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23267-w) (PMID:34117221) (PMCID:PMC8196064)

Mungai, B. N. et al. (2021) 'If not TB, what could it be?' Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. Thorax, 76(6), pp. 607-614. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216123) (PMID:33504563) (PMCID:PMC8223623)

Wingdield, T., Karmadwala, F., MacPherson, P. , Millington, K. A., Walker, N. F., Cuevas, L. E. and Squire, S. B. (2021) Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID-19 era. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(6), pp. 556-558. (doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00161-2) (PMID:33773121) (PMCID:PMC7988354)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e283-e299. (doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00033-5) (PMID:33765456) (PMCID:PMC8082281)

Sohn, H., Sweeney, S., Mudzengi, D., Creswell, J., Menzies, N.A., Fox, G.J., MacPherson, P. and Dowdy, D.W. (2021) Determining the value of TB active case-finding: current evidence and methodological considerations. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25(3), pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0565) (PMID:33688805) (PMCID:PMC9333998)

Kirolos, A., Thindwa, D., Khundi, M., Burke, R. M., Henrion, M. Y.R., Nakamura, I., Divala, T. H., Nilwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Tuberculosis case notifications in Malawi have strong seasonal and weather-related trends. Scientific Reports, 11, 4621. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84124-w) (PMID:33633272) (PMCID:PMC7907065)

Feasey, H. R.A. et al. (2021) Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, 178. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05860-y) (PMID:33588804) (PMCID:PMC7883960)

MacPherson, P. , Williams, C. M., Burke, R. M., Barer, M. R. and Esmail, H. (2021) Before the whistle blows: developing new paradigms in tuberculosis screening to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 8. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16506.1)

Khundi, M., MacPherson, P. , Feasey, H. R. A., Nzawa Soko, R., Nliwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and Carpenter, J. R. (2021) Clinical, health systems and neighbourhood determinants of tuberculosis case fatality in urban Blantyre, Malawi: a multilevel epidemiological analysis of enhanced surveillance data. Epidemiology and Infection, 149, e198. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001862) (PMCID:PMC8414598)

Meghji, J. et al. (2020) Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax, 75(3), pp. 269-278. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213808) (PMID:32102951) (PMCID:PMC7063395)