Recent publications by Researchers affiliated with the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
A Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of a Package of Diagnostic Tools and Diagnostic Algorithm on Antibiotic Prescriptions for the Management of Febrile Illnesses Among Children and Adolescents in Primary Health Facilities in Burkina Faso
Kiemde F. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S134 - S144
Advancing Access to Diagnostic Tools Essential for Universal Health Coverage and Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention: An Overview of Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa
Olliaro P. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S125 - S133
Impact of Point-of-Care Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Antibiotic Prescription Among Patients Aged <18 Years in Primary Healthcare Settings in 2 Peri-Urban Districts in Ghana: Randomized Controlled Trial Results
Adjei A. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S145 - S155
Impact of the Introduction of a Package of Diagnostic Tools, Diagnostic Algorithm, and Training and Communication on Outpatient Acute Fever Case Management at 3 Diverse Sites in Uganda: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kapisi J. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S156 - S170
Synthesis and Meta-analysis of 3 Randomized Trials Conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Uganda Comparing the Effects of Point-of-Care Tests and Diagnostic Algorithms Versus Routine Care on Antibiotic Prescriptions and Clinical Outcomes in Ambulatory Patients <18 Years of Age With Acute Febrile Illness
Olliaro P. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S199 - S205
The impact of C-reactive protein testing on treatmentseeking behavior and patients’ attitudes toward their care in Myanmar and Thailand
Greer RC. et al, (2023), Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 11
Perspective on the Integration of Diagnostic Algorithms for Fever Management.
Nkeramahame J. et al, (2023), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 77, S211 - S213
Viewpoint: Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Use Accelerator: Qualitative Research on Adherence to Prescriptions.
Compaoré A. et al, (2023), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 77, S206 - S210
Detection of dengue virus infection in children presenting with fever in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia.
Shimelis T. et al, (2023), Scientific reports, 13
Diagnostics for Typhoid Fever: Current Perspectives and Future Outlooks for Product Development and Access.
Sapkota J. et al, (2023), Open forum infectious diseases, 10, S17 - S20
Implementation of point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein concentrations to improve antibiotic targeting in respiratory illness in Vietnamese primary care: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial
Do NTT. et al, (2023), The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Patient-level performance evaluation of a smartphone-based malaria diagnostic application
Yu H. et al, (2023), Malaria Journal, 22
Analytical performance of 17 commercially available point-of-care tests for CRP to support patient management at lower levels of the health system.
Calarco S. et al, (2023), PLoS One, 18
Missed opportunities for integrated testing of HIV and tuberculosis on the GeneXpert platform in Lesotho.
Gwaza GP. et al, (2023), African journal of laboratory medicine, 12
Outpatient antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in Vietnamese primary care settings by the WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch and Reserve) classification: an analysis using routinely collected electronic prescription data
Nguyen NV. et al, (2023), The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 30, 100611 - 100611
Point-of-care prognostication in moderate Covid-19: Analytical validation and prognostic accuracy of a soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) rapid test.
Chandna A. et al, (2023), PLOS global public health, 3
A robust host-response-based signature distinguishes bacterial and viral infections across diverse global populations
Rao AM. et al, (2022), Cell Reports Medicine, 3, 100842 - 100842
Addressing the diagnostic gap in hypertension through possible interventions and scale-up: A microsimulation study.
Koeppel L. et al, (2022), PLoS Med, 19
Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2
Fox T. et al, (2022), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022