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B. Mtafya

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:clinical cohort / trial· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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S. H. Gillespie· 2 shared W. Sabiiti· 2 shared a. Mdolo· 1 shared A. Rachow· 1 shared C. Khosa· 1 shared D. Evangelopoulos· 1 shared D. J. Sloan· 1 shared D. Kuchaka· 1 shared

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Deploying a novel tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay to assess the elimination rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Tanzania

P. M. Mbelele, E. A. Mpolya, E. Sauli, B. Mtafya, N. E. Ntinginya, K. K. Addo, K. Kreppel, S. Mfinanga, P. P. J. Phillips, S. H. Gillespie, S. K. Heysell, W. Sabiiti, S. Mpagama

This paper evaluates Mtb elimination rates using TB-MBLA in patients with RR/MDR-TB, showing significant variation in elimination rates across different treatment regimens.

bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology

Improving diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis using the molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA)

W. Sabiiti, K. Azam, D. Kuchaka, B. Mtafya, R. E. Bowness, K. Oravcova, E. Farmer, I. Honeyborne, D. Evangelopoulos, T. D. McHugh, H. Xiao, C. Khosa, A. Rachow, N. Heinrich, E. Kampira, , S. H. Gillespie

This study evaluates the Molecular Bacterial Load assay (MBLA) for diagnosing and monitoring tuberculosis treatment response, finding it provides reliable, contamination-resistant results faster than traditional methods.

bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology