Peter MacPherson

Peter MacPherson

Professor of Global Public Health

School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

About me

Prof Peter MacPherson is an Academic Public Health Physician.

His research focuses on the development and evaluation of new health interventions to improve the diagnosis and treatment of priority public health diseases in low-resource settings.

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Interests
  • Population health
  • Randomised controlled trials
  • Epidemiology
  • HIV and tuberculosis
Education
  • MFPH, 2017

    Faculty of Public Health, UK

  • PhD in Population Health, 2013

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Wellcome Clinical PhD Fellowship)

  • MRes, 2010

    University of Liverpool

  • MPH, 2005

    Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar)

  • MBChB (with Honors), 2003

    University of Aberdeen

Current Positions

 
 
 
 
 
University of Glasgow School of Health & Wellbeing
Professor of Global Public Health
Jan 2023 – Present Glasgow, UK
HIV & tuberculosis epidemiology, diagnostics, and clinical trials.
 
 
 
 
 
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Honorary Professor of Population Health
Nov 2018 – Present Blantyre, Malawi
Clinical Research Department.
 
 
 
 
 
UK Health Security Agency
Honorary Consultant in Communicable Disease Control
Aug 2017 – Present North West England
Health protection and promotion.

Scientific Publications

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(2024). Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise. The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine, pp. S2213–2600(24)00028–6, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00028-6.

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(2024). Community-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield. BMC Global and Public Health, (2), 1, pp. 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-024-00042-9.

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(2024). Evaluating the relationship between ciprofloxacin prescription and non-susceptibility in Salmonella Typhi in Blantyre, Malawi: an observational study. The Lancet Microbe, (0), 0, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00327-0.

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(2024). Improving the management of open tibia fractures, Malawi. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, (102), 4, pp. 255–264, https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.23.290755.

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(2024). Process Evaluation of Services for HIV-Infected Post-Partum Women and HIV-Exposed Infants in Primary Health Care Blantyre Malawi. Health Services Insights, (17), pp. 11786329231224623, https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329231224623.

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(2024). Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in HIV-positive individuals presenting with symptoms of tuberculosis: Protocol for an open-label randomized non-inferiority trial in Lesotho and Malawi. PLOS ONE, (19), 2, pp. e0288944, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288944.

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(2023). Accuracy of upper respiratory tract samples to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. Microbe, pp. S2666–5247(23)00190–8, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00190-8.

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(2023). Community-level variation in TB testing history: analysis of a prevalence survey in Blantyre, Malawi. medrXiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.28.23289249.

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(2023). Correlates of prior HIV testing and schistosomiasis treatment: Baseline survey findings from the creating demand for fishermen's schistosomiasis HIV services (FISH) cluster-randomized trial in Mangochi, Malawi. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, (17), 5, pp. e0010654, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010654.

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(2023). Functional outcomes and quality of life at 1-year follow-up after an open tibia fracture in Malawi: a multicentre, prospective cohort study. The Lancet Global Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00346-7.

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(2023). Household antibiotic use in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey from urban and peri-urban Blantyre. PLOS Global Public Health, (In Press).

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(2023). Impact of active case-finding for tuberculosis on case-notifications in Blantyre, Malawi: A community-based cluster-randomised trial (SCALE). PLOS global public health, (3), 12, pp. e0002683, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002683.

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(2023). Impact of community-wide tuberculosis active case finding and HIV testing on tuberculosis trends in Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, pp. ciad238, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad238.

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(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, pp. e0001557, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001557.

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(2023). Is human immunodeficiency virus a risk factor for the development of nonunion?—a case–control study. OTA International, (6), 2, pp. e251, https://doi.org/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000251.

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(2023). Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019-20: Substantial decline compared to 2013-14 national survey. PLOS global public health, (3), 10, pp. e0001911, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001911.

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(2023). The prevalence of gestational syphilis in Malawi between 2014 and 2022: spatiotemporal modeling of population-level factors. Frontiers in Public Health, (11), pp. 1242870, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242870.

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(2023). Transmission modeling to infer tuberculosis incidence prevalence and mortality in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. Nature Communications, (14), 1, pp. 1–10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37314-1.

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(2023). Treatment for radiographically active, sputum culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS One, (18), 11, pp. e0293535, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293535.

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(2023). Trial-of-antibiotics to assist tuberculosis diagnosis in symptomatic adults in Malawi (ACT-TB study): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Global Health, (11), 4, pp. e556–e565, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00052-9.

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(2022). A prospective diagnostic evaluation of accuracy of self-taken and healthcare worker-taken swabs for rapid COVID-19 testing. PloS One, (17), 6, pp. e0270715, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270715.

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(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, pp. e0001272, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001272.

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(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, pp. e0261877, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261877.

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(2022). Effect of patient-delivered household contact tracing and prevention for tuberculosis: A household cluster-randomised trial in Malawi. PLOS ONE, (17), 9, pp. e0269219, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269219.

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(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, pp. 432, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02624-6.

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(2022). Know your tuberculosis epidemic–Is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance?. PLOS Global Public Health, (2), 10, pp. e0001208, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208.

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(2022). Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review. Public Health Action, (12), 1, pp. 10–17, https://doi.org/doi:10.5588/pha.21.0022.

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(2022). Multicentre accuracy trial of FUJIFILM SILVAMP TB LAM test in people with HIV reveals lot variability. medRxiv, pp. 2022.09.07.22278961, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.07.22278961.

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(2022). Neighbourhood prevalence-to-notification ratios for adult bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis reveals hotspots of underdiagnosis in Blantyre, Malawi. PLOS ONE, (17), 5, pp. e0268749, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268749.

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(2022). Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi. Epidemics, (40), pp. 100590, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100590.

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(2022). TB Hackathon: Development and Comparison of Five Models to Predict Subnational Tuberculosis Prevalence in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, (7), 1, pp. 13, https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7010013.

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(2022). 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, pp. trac079, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac079.

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(2021). ‘If not TB, what could it be?’ Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. Thorax, (76), pp. 607–614, https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216123.

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(2021). Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID-19 era. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, (S2213-2600), 21, pp. 161–2, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00161-2.

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(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), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268821001862.

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(2021). Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review. The Lancet Public Health, (0), 0, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00033-5.

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(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, pp. e1003752, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752.

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(2021). Determining the value of TB active case-finding: current evidence and methodological considerations. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (25), 3, pp. 171–181, https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0565.

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(2021). Distinct clinical and immunological profiles of patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Communications, (12), 1, pp. 3554, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23267-w.

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(2021). Do community-based active case-finding interventions have indirect impacts on wider TB case detection and determinants of subsequent TB testing behaviour? A systematic review. PLOS Global Public Health, (1), 12, pp. e0000088, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000088.

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(2021). Does tuberculosis screening improve individual outcomes? A systematic review. EClinicalMedicine, (40), pp. 101127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101127.

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(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), 1, pp. 298, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9.

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(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), pp. 153, https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16683.1.

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(2021). Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ open, (11), 7, pp. e044715, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715.

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(2021). Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi. Emerg Infect Dis, (27), 7, https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.210557.

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(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, pp. e0255052, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255052.

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(2021). Fracture healing in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002720.

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(2021). Household contact tracing with intensified tuberculosis and HIV screening in South Africa: a cluster randomised trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, pp. ciab1047, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab1047.

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(2021). Improving pathways to care through interventions cocreated with communities: a qualitative investigation of men's barriers to tuberculosis care-seeking in an informal settlement in Blantyre, Malawi. BMJ open, (11), 6, pp. e044944, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044944.

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(2021). Incidence of HIV-positive admission and inpatient mortality in Malawi [2012-2019]: a population cohort study. AIDS, https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003006.

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(2021). Palliative care and catastrophic costs in Malawi after a diagnosis of advanced cancer: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Global Health, (0), 0, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00408-3.

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(2021). Pattern of abnormalities amongst chest X-rays of adults undergoing computer-assisted digital chest X-ray screening for tuberculosis in Peri-Urban Blantyre, Malawi: a cross-sectional study. Tropical medicine and international health, https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13658.

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(2021). Same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation for people living with HIV who have tuberculosis symptoms: a systematic review. HIV Medicine, (n/a), n/a, https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13169.

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(2021). Tuberculosis case notifications in Malawi have strong seasonal and weather-related trends. Scientific Reports, (11), 1, pp. 4621, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84124-w.

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(2021). Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. BMC infectious diseases, (21), 1, pp. 178, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05860-y.

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(2021). Tuberculosis patients at the human-animal interface: Potential zooanthroponotic and zoonotic transmission. One Health, (13), pp. 100319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100319.

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(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, pp. e25772, https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25772.

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(2020). Accuracy and consequences of using trial-of-antibiotics for TB diagnosis (ACT-TB study): protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial. BMJ Open, (10), 3, pp. e033999, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033999.

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(2020). Africa faces difficult choices in responding to COVID-19. Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31056-4.

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(2020). Measuring linkage to HIV treatment services following HIV self-testing in low-income settings. Journal of the International AIDS Society, (23), 6, pp. e25548, https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25548.

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(2020). Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax, (75), 3, pp. 269–278, https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213808.

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(2020). Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts of index cases in two South African provinces: Analysis of baseline data from a cluster-randomised trial. PloS One, (15), 3, pp. e0230376, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230376.

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(2020). Provider-initiated HIV testing and TB screening in the era of universal coverage: Are the right people being reached? A cohort study in Blantyre, Malawi. PloS One, (15), 8, pp. e0236407, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236407.

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(2020). Tackling two pandemics: a plea on World Tuberculosis Day. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, (8), 6, pp. 536–8, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30151-X.

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(2020). Use and awareness of and willingness to self-test for HIV: an analysis of cross-sectional population-based surveys in Malawi and Zimbabwe. BMC public health, (20), 1, pp. 779, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08855-7.

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(2019). Contacts of underserved tuberculosis patients have higher odds of TB disease in North West England: a cohort study. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: The Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (23), 3, pp. 337–343, https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0467.

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(2019). Disparities in access to diagnosis and care in Blantyre, Malawi, identified through enhanced tuberculosis surveillance and spatial analysis. BMC Medicine, (17), 1, pp. 21, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1260-6.

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(2019). Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Tuberculosis Triage Tests. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, (220), Supplement_3, pp. S116–S125, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz243.

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(2019). Intensified household contact tracing, prevention and treatment support versus enhanced standard of care for contacts of tuberculosis cases in South Africa: study protocol for a household cluster-randomised trial. BMC infectious diseases, (19), 1, pp. 839, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4502-5.

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(2019). Re-reading of OraQuick HIV-1/2 rapid antibody test results: quality assurance implications for HIV self-testing programmes.. Journal of the International AIDS Society, (22 Suppl 1), pp. e25234, https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25234.

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(2019). Screening for tuberculosis: time to move beyond symptoms. The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine, (7), 3, pp. 202–204, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30039-6.

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(2018). Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy among human immunodeficiency virus positive adults in urban Malawi. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (22), 3, pp. 273–279, https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.17.0370.

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(2018). Cost-Effectiveness of Community-based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing in Blantyre, Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, (66), 8, pp. 1211–1221, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix983.

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(2018). Design and protocol for a pragmatic randomised study to optimise screening, prevention and care for tuberculosis and HIV in Malawi (PROSPECT Study). Wellcome Open Research, (3), pp. 61, https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14598.2.

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(2018). Economic costs and health-related quality of life outcomes of hospitalised patients with high HIV prevalence: A prospective hospital cohort study in Malawi. PLOS ONE, (13), 3, pp. e0192991, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192991.

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(2018). High HIV and active tuberculosis prevalence and increased mortality risk in adults with symptoms of TB: a systematic review and meta-analyses. Journal of the International AIDS Society, (21), 7, pp. e25162, https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25162.

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(2018). High prevalence of TB disease in contacts of adults with extrapulmonary TB. Thorax, (73), 8, pp. 785–787, https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210202.

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(2017). An Outbreak of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection Linked to a Black Friday Piercing Event. PLoS currents, (9), https://doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.51af24797f6f856a9861b5ddabc7db58.

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(2017). Economic Costs and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of HIV Treatment After Self- and Facility-Based HIV Testing in a Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), (75), 3, pp. 280–289, https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001373.

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(2017). Measles outbreaks in the UK, is it when and where, rather than if? A database cohort study of childhood population susceptibility in Liverpool, UK. BMJ open, (7), 3, pp. e014106, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014106.

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(2017). Quantifying the need for enhanced case management for TB patients as part of TB cohort audit in the North West of England: a descriptive study. BMC Public Health, (17), 1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4892-5.

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(2016). Cost and quality of life analysis of HIV self-testing and facility-based HIV testing and counselling in Blantyre, Malawi. BMC medicine, (14), pp. 34, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0577-7.

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(2016). Discordant Immune Response with Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes. PloS One, (11), 6, pp. e0156099, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156099.

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(2016). Effect of socioeconomic deprivation on uptake of measles, mumps and rubella vaccination in Liverpool, UK over 16 years: a longitudinal ecological study. Epidemiology and Infection, (144), 06, pp. 1201–1211, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815002599.

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(2016). Equitable tuberculosis care in the North West of England: analysis of tuberculosis cohort review data. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (20), 6, pp. 778–785, https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0772.

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(2016). High mortality and prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis in adults with chronic cough in Malawi: a cohort study. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (20), 2, pp. 202–210, https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0388.

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(2016). Implementing the End TB Strategy and the intersection with the Sustainable Development Goals, 2016-2030. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (110), 3, pp. 145–147, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trw010.

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(2016). Influenza. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), (355), pp. i6258, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6258.

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(2016). Initial Accuracy of HIV Rapid Test Kits Stored in Suboptimal Conditions and Validity of Delayed Reading of Oral Fluid Tests. PloS One, (11), 6, pp. e0158107, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158107.

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(2016). Sex Differences in Tuberculosis Burden and Notifications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS medicine, (13), 9, pp. e1002119, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002119.

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(2016). The Sensitivity and Specificity of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Adults with Chronic Cough in Malawi. PloS One, (11), 5, pp. e0155101, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155101.

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(2016). Viral suppression in adolescents on antiretroviral treatment: review of the literature and critical appraisal of methodological challenges. Tropical medicine international health, (21), 3, pp. 325–333, https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12656.

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(2015). Field accuracy of fourth-generation rapid diagnostic tests for acute HIV-1: a systematic review. AIDS, (29), 18, pp. 2465–2471, https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000855.

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(2015). Service delivery interventions to improve adolescents' linkage, retention and adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV care. Tropical medicine international health, (20), 8, pp. 1015–1032, https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12517.

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(2015). Uptake, Accuracy, Safety, and Linkage into Care over Two Years of Promoting Annual Self-Testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi: A Community-Based Prospective Study. PLoS medicine, (12), 9, pp. e1001873, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001873.

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(2014). A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), (65), 2, pp. e74–78, https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a20e74.

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(2014). Diagnostic accuracy of the WHO clinical staging system for defining eligibility for ART in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, (17), pp. 18932, https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.1.18932.

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(2014). Effect of optional home initiation of HIV care following HIV self-testing on antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA, (312), 4, pp. 372–379, https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.6493.

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(2014). Pre-treatment loss to follow-up in tuberculosis patients in low- and lower-middle-income countries and high-burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, (92), 2, pp. 126–138, https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.13.124800.

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(2014). Should doctors record their patients' income?. The British Journal of General Practice: The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, (64), 627, pp. e672–674, https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14X682009.

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(2013). Development and validation of a global positioning system-based map book system for categorizing cluster residency status of community members living in high-density urban slums in Blantyre, Malawi. American Journal of Epidemiology, (177), 10, pp. 1143–1147, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kws376.

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(2013). Evidence of improving antiretroviral therapy treatment delays: an analysis of eight years of programmatic outcomes in Blantyre, Malawi. BMC public health, (13), pp. 490, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-490.

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(2012). Barriers and facilitators to linkage to ART in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and providers in Blantyre, Malawi. Journal of the International AIDS Society, (15), 2, pp. 18020, https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.15.2.18020.

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(2012). Clinical and social determinants of diarrhoeal disease in a rural HIV/AIDS clinic, South Africa: a case-control study. International Journal of STD and AIDS, (23), 5, pp. 346–350, https://doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.011285.

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(2012). Correlates of Delayed Diagnosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Rural HIV Clinic, South Africa. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, (2012), pp. 827148, https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/827148.

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(2012). Determinants and consequences of failure of linkage to antiretroviral therapy at primary care level in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. PloS One, (7), 9, pp. e44794, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044794.

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(2012). Suboptimal patterns of provider initiated HIV testing and counselling, antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment and referral in primary health clinic attendees in Blantyre, Malawi. Tropical medicine and international health, (17), 4, pp. 507–517, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02946.x.

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(2011). Feasibility and acceptability of point of care HIV testing in community outreach and GUM drop-in services in the North West of England: a programmatic evaluation. BMC public health, (11), pp. 419, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-419.

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(2011). Programmatic evaluation of a combined antigen and antibody test for rapid HIV diagnosis in a community and sexual health clinic screening programme. PloS One, (6), 11, pp. e28019, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028019.

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