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  1. Symptoms and functional limitations related to respiratory health and carbon monoxide poisoning in Tanzania: a cross sectional study

    Article • Environmental Health, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  2. The Sputum Microbiome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Association With Disease Manifestations: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  3. Mortality and associated factors among adult patients on tuberculosis treatment in Tanzania: A retrospective cohort study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  4. A partially randomised trial of pretomanid, moxifloxacin and pyrazinamide for pulmonary TB

    Article • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, April 2021, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  5. Ultrasound in managing extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a randomized controlled two-center study

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  6. A Partially-Randomised Phase 3 Trial of Pretomanid, Moxifloxacin and Pyrazinamide in Combination for the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  7. Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  8. Immunologic-based Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Among Children Younger Than 5 Years of Age Exposed and Unexposed to Tuberculosis in Tanzania

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr Nicole Ritz, Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  9. Pathways and associated costs of care in patients with confirmed and presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2019, BMJ

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  10. Prevalence and clinical significance of respiratory viruses and bacteria detected in tuberculosis patients compared to household contact controls in Tanzania: a cohort study

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  11. Causative agents and antimicrobial resistance patterns of human skin and soft tissue infections in Bagamoyo, Tanzania

    Article • Acta Tropica, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  12. Boosting effect of IL-7 in interferon gamma release assays to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  13. Anemia in tuberculosis cases and household controls from Tanzania: Contribution of disease, coinfections, and the role of hepcidin

    Article • PLOS One, April 2018, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Thomas Bodmer

  14. Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania

    Article • Infectious Diseases of Poverty, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  15. Chronic airflow obstruction in Tanzania – a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  16. Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community-level services

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  17. Schistosoma, other helminth infections, and associated risk factors in preschool-aged children in urban Tanzania

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2017, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  18. Tuberculosis transmission in public locations in Tanzania: A novel approach to studying airborne disease transmission

    Article • Journal of Infection, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  19. Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  20. Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samer Hamidi, Professor David M. Pereira, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek

  21. Trends in HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality in Eastern Mediterranean countries, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samer Hamidi, Mr Morteza Shamsizadeh, Professor David M. Pereira, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Melkamu Merid Mengesha , Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek, Minyahil Woldu

  22. Mixed Th1 and Th2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4 T cell responses in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis from Tanzania

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, July 2017, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  23. High sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Temeke municipal health facilities, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Mtebe Venance Majigo

  24. Diagnostic delay and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Article • Infectious Diseases of Poverty, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  25. Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2017, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  26. Department of Error

    Article • The Lancet, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  27. Global, Regional, and National Levels of Maternal Mortality, 1990–2015

    Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, January 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  28. Department of Error

    Article • The Lancet, January 2017, Elsevier

    PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  29. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Melkamu Merid Mengesha , Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  30. Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu

  31. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu

  32. Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu

  33. Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  34. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  35. Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Zahid A Butt, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  36. Correction to Lancet HIV 2016; 3: e361–87

    Article • The Lancet HIV, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Professor David M. Pereira, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  37. Home-Based and Facility-Based Directly Observed Therapy of Tuberculosis Treatment under Programmatic Conditions in Urban Tanzania

    Article • PLOS One, August 2016, PLOS

    Lukas Fenner, Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  38. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet HIV, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Zahid A Butt, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Arindam Basu, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Professor David M. Pereira, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  39. Managing research and surveillance projects in real-time with a novel open-source e Management tool designed for under-resourced countries

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Lukas Fenner

  40. Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in a Tanzanian prison and computer-aided interpretation of chest X-rays

    Article • Public Health Action, December 2015, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  41. 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

    Article • The Lancet, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lorenzo Monasta, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Nadine Steckling, Dr marek majdan, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Ione Schneider, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  42. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Article • The Lancet, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Lorenzo Monasta, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr marek majdan, prof alberto ortiz , Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Ione Schneider, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  43. Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting

    Article • PLOS One, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  44. Do Instructional Videos on Sputum Submission Result in Increased Tuberculosis Case Detection? A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Lukas Fenner

  45. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Article • The Lancet, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr marek majdan, Nadine Steckling, prof alberto ortiz , Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez

  46. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by EasyNAT Diagnostic Kit in Sputum Samples from Tanzania

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  47. Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community level services

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  48. Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Article • The Lancet, January 2015, Elsevier

    Mr Heresh Amini, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek, Dr marek majdan, prof alberto ortiz , Dr Arindam Basu, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Professor ORISH EBERE ORSAKWE

  49. Diagnostic Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Chest Radiographs: A Validation Study from Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • PLOS One, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dirk Wagner