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Aamir J. Khan
Researcher at Indus Hospital
Publications - 54
Citations - 2600
Aamir J. Khan is an academic researcher from Indus Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 47 publications receiving 2179 citations. Previous affiliations of Aamir J. Khan include Johns Hopkins University.
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WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update
Dennis Falzon,Ernesto Jaramillo,Holger J. Schünemann,Matthew Arentz,Melissa Bauer,Jaime Bayona,Léopold Blanc,Jose A. Caminero,Charles L. Daley,Chris Duncombe,Christopher Fitzpatrick,Agnes Gebhard,Haileyesus Getahun,Myriam Henkens,Timothy H. Holtz,J. Keravec,S. Keshavjee,Aamir J. Khan,R. Kulier,Vaira Leimane,Christian Lienhardt,Chunling Lu,Mar'iandyshev Ao,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Fuad Mirzayev,Carole D. Mitnick,Paul Nunn,G. Nwagboniwe,Olivia Oxlade,Domingo Palmero,Patricia B Pavlinac,M. I. D. Quelapio,Mario C. Raviglione,Michael Rich,S. Royce,Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes,A. Salakaia,R. Sarin,Delphine Sculier,Francis Varaine,Marco Vitoria,Judd L. Walson,Fraser Wares,Karin Weyer,Richard A. White,Matteo Zignol +45 more
TL;DR: The guidelines promote the early use of antiretroviral agents for TB patients with HIV on second-line drug regimens and systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalisation.
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Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis
Michael J. A. Reid,Nimalan Arinaminpathy,Amy Bloom,Barry R. Bloom,Catharina Boehme,Richard E. Chaisson,Daniel P. Chin,Gavin J. Churchyard,Helen Cox,Lucica Ditiu,Mark Dybul,Jeremy Farrar,Anthony S. Fauci,Endalkachew Fekadu,Paula I Fujiwara,Timothy B. Hallett,Christy L Hanson,Mark Harrington,Nick Herbert,Philip C. Hopewell,Chieko Ikeda,Dean T. Jamison,Aamir J. Khan,Irene Koek,Nalini Krishnan,Aaron Motsoaledi,Madhukar Pai,Mario C. Raviglione,Mario C. Raviglione,Almaz Sharman,Small Pm,Soumya Swaminathan,Zelalem Temesgen,Anna Vassall,Anna Vassall,Nandita. Venkatesan,Kitty van Weezenbeek,Gavin Yamey,Bruce D. Agins,Sofia Alexandru,Jason R. Andrews,Naomi Beyeler,Stela Bivol,Grania Brigden,Adithya Cattamanchi,Danielle Cazabon,Valeriu Crudu,Amrita Daftary,Puneet Dewan,Laurie K Doepel,Robert W Eisinger,Victoria Y. Fan,Victoria Y. Fan,Sara Fewer,Jennifer Furin,Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert,Gabriela B. Gomez,Stephen M. Graham,Stephen M. Graham,Stephen M. Graham,Devesh Gupta,Maureen Kamene,Sunil D. Khaparde,Eunice W Mailu,Enos Masini,Lorrie McHugh,Ellen M. H. Mitchell,Suerie Moon,Suerie Moon,Michael Osberg,Tripti Pande,Lea Prince,Kirankumar Rade,Raghuram Rao,Michelle Remme,James A Seddon,James A Seddon,Casey Selwyn,Priya B. Shete,Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva,Guy Stallworthy,Juan F. Vesga,Valentina Vilc,Eric Goosby +83 more
TL;DR: The Commission recommends five priority investments to achieve a tuberculosis-free world within a generation, which answer the question of how countries with high-burden tuberculosis and their development partners should target their future investments.
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Engaging the private sector to increase tuberculosis case detection: an impact evaluation study
Aamir J. Khan,Saira Khowaja,Faisal S. Khan,Fahad Qazi,Ismat Lotia,Ali Habib,Shama Mohammed,Uzma Khan,Farhana Amanullah,Farhana Amanullah,Hamidah Hussain,Mercedes C. Becerra,Jacob Creswell,Salmaan Keshavjee +13 more
TL;DR: Novel approaches to tuberculosis case-finding involving the private sector and using laypeople, mobile phone software and incentives, and communication campaigns can substantially increase case notification in dense urban settings.
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Search for poliovirus carriers among people with primary immune deficiency diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.
Neal A. Halsey,Jorge Pinto,Francisco J. Espinosa-Rosales,María A. Faure-Fontenla,Edson E. da Silva,Aamir J. Khan,A.D.B. Webster,Philip D. Minor,Glynis Dunn,Edwin J. Asturias,Hamidah Hussain,Mark A. Pallansch,Olen M. Kew,Jerry A. Winkelstein,Roland W. Sutter +14 more
TL;DR: Although chronic poliovirus excretion can occur in immunodeficient persons, it appears to be rare.
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Impact of a Daily SMS Medication Reminder System on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
TL;DR: This large-scale randomized controlled effectiveness trial of SMS medication reminders for tuberculosis treatment, conducted in Karachi, Pakistan, found no significant impact.