Effect of age and gender on the vertical cup-to-disc ratio in a normotensive population (Publications)
Background: Evaluation of the optic disc is an important clinical practice among eyecare practitioners. Inter-observer variability makes it difficult to establish a clear conclusion regarding the esti
Incidence rate and risk factors for developing active tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Georgia 2019-2020 cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people with HIV (PHIV) globally. Our study is the first to evaluate TB incidence and its risk factors among PHIV in th
The effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on malaria mortality at different spatial scales in western Kenya, 2008-2019 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria mortality is influenced by several factors including climatic and environmental factors, interventions, socioeconomic status (SES) and access to health systems. Here, we investigat
The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: a systematic review of human observational... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The objective of this review was to assess the quality and strength of the evidence provided by human observational studies for a causal association between exposure to radiofrequency elec
Breaking the threshold: developing multivariable models using computer-aided chest X-ray analysis for tuberculosis triage (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Computer-aided detection (CAD) software packages quantify tuberculosis-compatible chest X-ray (CXR) abnormality as continuous scores. In practice, a threshold value is selected for binary
Genetic diversity within diagnostic sputum samples is mirrored in the culture of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> across different settings (Publications)
Culturing and genomic sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from tuberculosis (TB) cases is the basis for many research and clinical applications. The alternative, culture-free sequencing fro
