The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions

K Dheda, T Perumal, H Moultrie, R Perumal… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly
ill per year. Nevertheless, tuberculosis incidence has slowly declined over the past decade …

Impact of vaccines; health, economic and social perspectives

CMC Rodrigues, SA Plotkin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the 20th century, the development, licensing and implementation of vaccines as part of
large, systematic immunization programs started to address health inequities that existed …

The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta …

D Simons, L Shahab, J Brown, O Perski - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association of smoking status with rates of (i) infection,(ii)
hospitalization,(iii) disease severity and (iv) mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 disease …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19, smoking and inequalities: a study of 53 002 adults in the UK

SE Jackson, J Brown, L Shahab, A Steptoe… - Tobacco …, 2021 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background This study aimed to examine associations between smoking and COVID-19
relevant outcomes, taking into account the influence of inequalities and adjusting for …

Respiratory viral infections and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

YB Joo, YH Lim, KJ Kim, KS Park, YJ Park - Arthritis research & therapy, 2019 - Springer
Background We aimed to investigate the effects of ambient respiratory viral infections in the
general population on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. Methods Data of weekly …

[HTML][HTML] Durability of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination in people living with HIV

A Ogbe, M Pace, M Bittaye, T Tipoe, S Adele… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Relationship between molecular pathogen detection and clinical disease in febrile children across Europe: a multicentre, prospective observational study

P Shah, M Voice, L Calvo-Bado… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The PERFORM study aimed to understand causes of febrile childhood illness
by comparing molecular pathogen detection with current clinical practice. Methods Febrile …

Smoking and influenza-associated morbidity and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Han, J Ran, YW Mak, LKP Suen, PH Lee… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although smoking has been recognized as a risk factor for many respiratory
diseases, its effects of influenza-associated morbidity and mortality remain controversial. We …

COVID-19 and tuberculosis

H Yang, S Lu - Journal of translational internal medicine, 2020 - degruyter.com
Abstract On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
can be characterized as a pandemic based on the alarming levels of spread and severity …

[HTML][HTML] South African guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

TH Boyles, A Brink, GL Calligaro, C Cohen… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Executive summary Improving the care of patients with community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP) in South Africa is particularly important because of the high burden of disease and the …