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Aliasgar Esmail
Researcher at University of Cape Town
Publications - 64
Citations - 3584
Aliasgar Esmail is an academic researcher from University of Cape Town. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 48 publications receiving 2059 citations. Previous affiliations of Aliasgar Esmail include South African Medical Research Council & University of London.
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Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.
Merryn Voysey,S A Costa Clemens,Shabir A. Madhi,Lily Yin Weckx,P M Folegatti,Parvinder K. Aley,Brian Angus,Vicky L. Baillie,Vicky L. Baillie,Shaun Barnabas,Q E Bhorat,S Bibi,Carmen Briner,P Cicconi,Elizabeth A. Clutterbuck,Andrea M. Collins,Clare L. Cutland,Clare L. Cutland,Thomas C. Darton,Keertan Dheda,Christina Dold,Duncan Cja.,Emary Krw.,Katie J. Ewer,Amy Flaxman,Lee Fairlie,Saul N. Faust,Shuo Feng,Daniela M. Ferreira,Adam Finn,Eva P. Galiza,Anna Goodman,Catherine M. Green,Christopher A Green,Melanie Greenland,Christopher Hill,Christopher Hill,Helen Hill,Ian Hirsch,Alane Izu,Alane Izu,D Jenkin,Joe Ccd.,Simon Kerridge,Anthonet Koen,Anthonet Koen,Gaurav Kwatra,Gaurav Kwatra,Rajeka Lazarus,Vincenzo Libri,Patrick J. Lillie,N G Marchevsky,R P Marshall,Mendes Ava.,Eveline Pipolo Milan,Angela M. Minassian,Alastair McGregor,Yama F Mujadidi,Amit J Nana,S D Padayachee,Daniel J. Phillips,A Pittella,Emma Plested,Katrina M Pollock,M N Ramasamy,Adam J. Ritchie,Hannah Robinson,Alexandre Vargas Schwarzbold,Andrew Smith,R Song,Matthew D. Snape,Eduardo Sprinz,Rebecca K. Sutherland,E. Thomson,M E Török,Mark Toshner,Turner Dpj.,Johan Vekemans,Tonya Villafana,Thomas E. White,C J Williams,Alexander D. Douglas,Hill Avs.,Teresa Lambe,Sarah C. Gilbert,Andrew J. Pollard,M Aban,Abeyskera Kwm.,J Aboagye,M Adam,Kirsty Adams,J P Adamson,G Adewatan,Syed Adlou,Katie A. Ahmed,Y Akhalwaya,S Akhalwaya,A Alcock,A Ali,Elizabeth R. Allen,Lauren Allen,F B Alvernaz,F S Amorim,C S Andrade,F Andritsou,Rachel Anslow,E H Arbe-Barnes,Mark P. Ariaans,B Arns,L Arruda,L Assad,Azi Pda.,Azi Lda.,G Babbage,C Bailey,K F Baker,Megan Baker,Natalie Baker,Philip Baker,I Baleanu,D Bandeira,A Bara,Barbosa Mas.,D Barker,Gavin Barlow,Eleanor Barnes,A S Barr,Jordan R. Barrett,Jeffrey C. Barrett,K Barrett,L Bates,A Batten,Kirsten Beadon,E Beales,R Beckley,Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer,Jennifer L Bell,D Bellamy,S Belton,Adam Berg,L Bermejo,Eleanor Berrie,Louise Berry,D Berzenyi,Amy Beveridge,Kevin R. Bewley,I Bharaj,Sutika Bhikha,As’ad E. Bhorat,Z E Bhorat,E M Bijker,Sarah Birch,G Birch,K Birchall,A Bird,O Bird,Karen Bisnauthsing,M Bittaye,L Blackwell,R Blacow,H Bletchly,C L Blundell,Blundell,P Bodalia,E Bolam,E Boland,D Bormans,N Borthwick,F Bowring,Amy Boyd,P Bradley,T Brenner,Alice Bridges-Webb,Phillip Brown,Colin S Brown,C Brown-O’Sullivan,S Bruce,Emily Brunt,W Budd,Y A Bulbulia,Matthew J. Bull,J Burbage,A Burn,Karen R. Buttigieg,N Byard,I Cabrera Puig,Anna M. Calvert,S Camara,M Cao,Federica Cappuccini,R Cardona,Cardoso,M Carr,Miles W. Carroll,Andrew Carson-Stevens,Carvalho Ydm.,H R Casey,P Cashen,Castro Try.,L C Castro,Katrina Cathie,A Cavey,J Cerbino-Neto,Cezar Lff.,J Chadwick,C Chanice,Daniel Chapman,Sue Charlton,K S Cheliotis,Irina Chelysheva,O Chester,E Chiplin,S Chita,Cho J-S.,Lucía Cifuentes,E Clark,M Clark,R Colin-Jones,Collins Slk.,Hayley Colton,Christopher P. Conlon,S Connarty,Naomi Coombes,Cyrus Cooper,R Cooper,L Cornelissen,T Corrah,Catherine Cosgrove,F B Costa,T Cox,Crocker Wem.,S Crosbie,D Cullen,Cunha Drmf.,C J Cunningham,F C Cuthbertson,D M da Costa,Da Guarda Snf.,L P da Silva,A C da Silva Moraes,B E Damratoski,Z Danos,Dantas Mtdc.,M Datoo,C Datta,M Davids,Shân Davies,Kelly Davies,Heather Davies,Steve Davies,Jane C. Davies,E J Davis,J Davis,de Carvalho Jam.,J. P. de Jager,S de Jesus Jnr,L M De Oliveira Kalid,D Dearlove,Tesfaye Demissie,Amisha Desai,S Di Marco,C Di Maso,Tanya Dinesh,C Docksey,Tao Dong,Francesca R. Donnellan,T G Dos Santos,E P Dos Santos,N Douglas,C Downing,J Drake,R Drake-Brockman,Ruth E Drury,J. M. E. Du Plessis,Susanna Dunachie,A Duncan,Easom Njw.,Michelle Edwards,Nick J. Edwards,F Edwards,O M El Muhanna,Sean C. Elias,B Ellison-Handley,M J Elmore,M R English,Aliasgar Esmail,Y M Essack,M Farooq,Sofiya Fedosyuk,Sally Felle,S Ferguson,C Ferreira Da Silva,S Field,R Fisher,J Fletcher,H Fofie,H Fok,K J Ford,R Fothergill,J Fowler,Fraiman Pha.,E Francis,M M Franco,John Frater,Freire Msm.,S H Fry,S Fudge,R Furlan Filho,J Furze,Michelle Fuskova,P Galian-Rubio,H Garlant,M Gavrila,K A Gibbons,Ciaran Gilbride,Harmeet Gill,Kerry Godwin,Karishma Gokani,Gonçalves Mlf.,Gonzalez Igs.,J Goodall,J Goodwin,A Goondiwala,K Gordon-Quayle,G Gorini,A Goyanna,J Grab,L Gracie,J Green,N Greenwood,J Greffrath,M M Groenewald,A Gunawardene,Gaurav Gupta,M Hackett,Bassam Hallis,M Hamaluba,E Hamilton,J Hamlyn,D Hammersley,A T Hanrath,B Hanumunthadu,S A Harris,C Harris,T D Harrison,D Harrison,T A Harris-Wright,T C Hart,B Hartnell,J Haughney,S Hawkins,Hayano Lym.,I Head,Paul T. Heath,J A Henry,M Hermosin Herrera,David Hettle,C Higa,Jennifer Hill,G Hodges,Susanne H Hodgson,E Horne,M M Hou,C F Houlihan,E Howe,N Howell,J Humphreys,Holly E. Humphries,K Hurley,C Huson,Catherine Hyams,A Hyder-Wright,S Ikram,Alka Ishwarbhai,P Iveson,V Iyer,F Jackson,S Jackson,S Jaumdally,H Jeffers,Natasha Jesudason,C. Jones,K Jones,E Y Jones,M R Jorge,A Joshi,Júnior Eams.,Reshma Kailath,F Kana,A Kar,K Karampatsas,Mwila Kasanyinga,L Kay,J Keen,J Kellett Wright,Elizabeth J. Kelly,Deirdre Kelly,D M Kelly,Sarah Kelly,D Kerr,L Khan,B Khozoee,A Khurana,Stephen P. Kidd,A Killen,J Kinch,P Kinch,King Ldw.,T B King,L Kingham,Paul Klenerman,D M Kluczna,F Knapper,Julian C. Knight,D Knott,S Koleva,P M Lages,M Lang,G Lang,C W Larkworthy,Larwood Jpj.,R Law,Alison M. Lawrie,E M Lazarus,Amanda J. Leach,E A Lees,A Lelliott,Lemm N-M.,Lessa Aer.,S Leung,Y Li,A M Lias,K Liatsikos,A Linder,S Lipworth,S Liu,X Liu,A Lloyd,S Lloyd,L Loew,R Lopez Ramon,L B Lora,K G Luz,J C MacDonald,G MacGregor,M Madhavan,David O. Mainwaring,E Makambwa,R Makinson,M Malahleha,R Malamatsho,G Mallett,N Manning,K Mansatta,T Maoko,S Marinou,E Marlow,G N Marques,P Marriott,J L Marshall,Masebole Masenya,Mduduzi Masilela,S K Masters,M Mathew,H Matlebjane,K Matshidiso,O Mazur,A Mazzella,H McCaughan,J McEwan,J McGlashan,L McInroy,N McRobert,S McSwiggan,C Megson,S Mehdipour,W Meijs,Mendonça Rnõ.,Alexander J. Mentzer,Mesquita Acf.,P Miralhes,N Mirtorabi,Celia Mitton,S Mnyakeni,F Moghaddas,K Molapo,M Moloi,Maria Moore,M Moran,E Morey,R Morgans,Susan J. Morris,S J Morris,Hazel Morrison,F Morselli,G Morshead,R Morter,L Mottay,A Moultrie,N Moyo,M Mpelembue,S Msomi,Y Mugodi,E Mukhopadhyay,J Muller,Alasdair Munro,Sinéad M. Murphy,P Mweu,C Myerscough,G Naik,Kush Naker,Eleni Nastouli,B Ndlovu,E Nikolaou,C Njenga,H C Noal,Amy R. Noe,G Novaes,Fay L. Nugent,Nunes Gla.,Katherine L. O'Brien,Daniel H. O'Connor,Oelofse S,Blanche Oguti,V Olchawski,Neil J. Oldfield,M G Oliveira,C Oliveira,Oliveira Isq.,A Oommen-Jose,A Oosthuizen,P J O’Reilly,P J O'Reilly,P Osborne,Owen Drj.,L Owen,Daniel R Owens,N Owino,M Pacurar,Paiva Bvb.,Palhares Emf.,S Palmer,Parracho Hmrt.,K Parsons,Darshana Patel,Brij Patel,F Patel,M Patrick-Smith,Ruth O. Payne,Y Peng,E J Penn,A Pennington,M P Peralta Alvarez,B P Pereira Stuchi,A L Perez,T Perinpanathan,J Perring,R Perumal,S Y Petkar,T Philip,J Phillips,M K Phohu,L Pickup,S Pieterse,J M Pinheiro,J Piper,D Pipini,M Plank,S Plant,S Pollard,Jennifer Pooley,A Pooran,Ian D. Poulton,Claire Powers,F B Presa,Delyth Price,V Price,M R Primeira,P C Proud,Samuel Provstgaard-Morys,S Pueschel,David Pulido,S Quaid,R Rabara,K Radia,D Rajapaska,T Rajeswaran,L Ramos,Ramos Asf.,F Ramos Lopez,Tommy Rampling,J Rand,H Ratcliffe,Thomas A. Rawlinson,D Rea,B Rees,M Resuello-Dauti,E Reyes Pabon,S Rhead,Tawassal Riaz,Marivic Ricamara,A Richards,A Richter,Neil D. Ritchie,A J Robbins,H Roberts,R E Robinson,S Roche,Christine S. Rollier,Louisa Rose,A L Ross Russell,L Rossouw,S Royal,I Rudiansyah,K Ryalls,C Sabine,Stephen Saich,J C Sale,Ahmed M. Salman,N Salvador,S Salvador,Sampaio,Adel Samson,A Sanchez-Gonzalez,H Sanders,K Sanders,E Santos,Santos Guerra Mfs.,I Satti,J E Saunders,Caroline Saunders,Sayed Aba.,I Schim van der Loeff,Annina B. Schmid,E Schofield,Gavin R. Screaton,S Seddiqi,R R Segireddy,R Senger,S Serrano,Imam Shaik,Hannah Sharpe,Katherine Sharrocks,R Shaw,A Shea,E Sheehan,A Shepherd,F Shiham,S E Silk,L Silva-Reyes,Silveira Lbtd.,Silveira Mbv.,Nishanta Singh,J Sinha,D T Skelly,David Smith,Nikki Smith,H E Smith,D J Smith,Catherine C. Smith,A S Soares,C Solórzano,G L Sorio,K Sorley,T Sosa-Rodriguez,Souza Cmcdl.,Souza Bsdf.,A R Souza,T Souza Lopez,L Sowole,Alexandra J. Spencer,L Spoors,L Stafford,I Stamford,R Stein,Lisa Stockdale,L V Stockwell,L H Strickland,Arabella Stuart,A Sturdy,N Sutton,A Szigeti,Abdessamad Tahiri-Alaoui,R Tanner,C Taoushanis,Alexander W. Tarr,R Tarrant,Kathryn Mary Taylor,U Taylor,Iona J. Taylor,J Taylor,R te Water Naude,Kate Templeton,Yrene Themistocleous,Andreas C. Themistocleous,Mark G. Thomas,Kelly M. Thomas,T M Thomas,Asha Thombrayil,John R. Thompson,Fiona M. Thompson,Amber J. Thompson,K Thompson,V Thornton-Jones,Thotusi Lhs.,Patrick J. Tighe,L A Tinoco,G F Tiongson,B Tladinyane,M Tomasicchio,Adriana Tomic,Susan Tonks,J Towner,N Tran,J A Tree,G Trillana,C Trinham,R Trivett,A Truby,B L Tsheko,P Tubb,A Turabi,Richard Turner,C Turner,Nicola Turner,B Tyagi,Marta Ulaszewska,B R Underwood,S van Eck,R Varughese,D Verbart,M K Verheul,Iason Vichos,T A Vieira,G Walker,Laura L. Walker,M E Wand,T Wardell,George M. Warimwe,Simon Warren,B Watkins,Watson Mee.,E Watson,S Webb,Andrew R. Webster,J Welch,Z Wellbelove,J H Wells,A J West,Beth White,Catherine White,Rachel White,P Williams,Rachel Williams,S Willingham,R Winslow,D Woods,M Woodyer,A T Worth,Daniel B. Wright,M Wroblewska,A Yao,Yim Ytn.,M B Zambrano,R L Zimmer,D Zizi,P Zuidewind +766 more
TL;DR: The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine has been approved for emergency use by the UK regulatory authority, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, with a regimen of two standard doses given with an interval of 4-12 weeks as discussed by the authors.
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Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.
Vivek Shinde,Sutika Bhikha,Zaheer Hoosain,Moherndran Archary,Q E Bhorat,Lee Fairlie,Umesh G. Lalloo,Mduduzi Masilela,Dhayendre Moodley,Sherika Hanley,Leon Fouche,Cheryl Louw,Michele Tameris,Nishanta Singh,Ameena Ebrahim Goga,Ameena Ebrahim Goga,Keertan Dheda,Coert Grobbelaar,Gertruida Kruger,Nazira Carrim-Ganey,Vicky L Baillie,Tulio de Oliveira,Anthonet Koen,Johan Lombaard,Rosie Mngqibisa,As'Ad E. Bhorat,Gabriella Benade,Natasha Lalloo,Annah Pitsi,Pieter Louis Vollgraaff,Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya,Aliasgar Esmail,Friedrich G. Petrick,Aylin Oommen-Jose,Sharne Foulkes,Khatija Ahmed,Asha Thombrayil,Lou Fries,Shane Cloney-Clark,Mingzhu Zhu,Chijioke Bennett,Gary Albert,Emmanuel Faust,Joyce S. Plested,Andreana Robertson,Susan Neal,Iksung Cho,Greg Glenn,Filip Dubovsky,Shabir A. Madhi +49 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants threatens progress toward control of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis
Keertan Dheda,Tawanda Gumbo,Gary Maartens,Kelly E. Dooley,Ruth McNerney,Megan Murray,Jennifer Furin,Edward A. Nardell,Leslie London,Erica Lessem,Grant Theron,Paul D. van Helden,Stefan Niemann,Matthias Merker,David W. Dowdy,Annelies Van Rie,Annelies Van Rie,Gilman Kit Hang Siu,Jotam G. Pasipanodya,Camilla Rodrigues,Taane G. Clark,F. A. Sirgel,Aliasgar Esmail,Hsien-Ho Lin,Sachin R Atre,H. Simon Schaaf,Kwok Chiu Chang,Christoph Lange,Payam Nahid,Zarir F Udwadia,C. Robert Horsburgh,Gavin J. Churchyard,Gavin J. Churchyard,Dick Menzies,Anneke C. Hesseling,Eric L. Nuermberger,Helen McIlleron,Kevin P. Fennelly,Eric Goemaere,Ernesto Jaramillo,Marcus Low,Carolina Morán Jara,Nesri Padayatchi,Robin M. Warren +43 more
TL;DR: Several lines of evidence suggest that alternative mechanisms-including pharmacokinetic variability, induction of efflux pumps that transport the drug out of cells, and suboptimal drug penetration into tuberculosis lesions-are likely crucial to the pathogenesis of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Nafees Ahmad,Shama D. Ahuja,Onno W. Akkerman,Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar,Laura F Anderson,Parvaneh Baghaei,Didi Bang,Pennan M. Barry,Mayara Lisboa Bastos,Digamber Behera,Andrea Benedetti,Gregory P. Bisson,Martin J. Boeree,Maryline Bonnet,Sarah K. Brode,James C.M. Brust,Ying Cai,Eric Caumes,J. Peter Cegielski,Rosella Centis,Pei-Chun Chan,Edward D. Chan,Kwok-Chiu Chang,Macarthur Charles,Andra Cirule,Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo,Lia D'Ambrosio,Gerard de Vries,Keertan Dheda,Aliasgar Esmail,Jennifer Flood,Gregory J. Fox,Mathilde Fréchet-Jachym,Geisa Fregona,Regina Gayoso,Medea Gegia,Maria Tarcela Gler,Sue Gu,Lorenzo Guglielmetti,Timothy H. Holtz,Jennifer Hughes,Petros Isaakidis,Leah G. Jarlsberg,Russell R. Kempker,Salmaan Keshavjee,Faiz Ahmad Khan,Maia Kipiani,Serena P. Koenig,Won-Jung Koh,Afranio Lineu Kritski,Liga Kuksa,Charlotte Kvasnovsky,Nakwon Kwak,Zhiyi Lan,Christoph Lange,Rafael Laniado-Laborín,Myungsun Lee,Vaira Leimane,Chi-Chiu Leung,Eric Chung Ching Leung,Pei Zhi Li,Phil Lowenthal,Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel,Suzanne M. Marks,Sundari Mase,Lawrence Mbuagbaw,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Vladimir Milanov,Ann C. Miller,Carole D. Mitnick,Chawangwa Modongo,Erika Mohr,Ignacio Monedero,Payam Nahid,Norbert Ndjeka,Max R. O'Donnell,Nesri Padayatchi,Domingo Palmero,Jean W. Pape,Laura Jean Podewils,Ian R Reynolds,Vija Riekstina,Jérôme Robert,Maria I. Rodriguez,Barbara Seaworth,Kwonjune J. Seung,Kathryn Schnippel,Tae Sun Shim,Rupak Singla,Sarah Smith,Giovanni Sotgiu,Ganzaya Sukhbaatar,Payam Tabarsi,Simon Tiberi,Anete Trajman,Lisa Trieu,Zarir F Udwadia,Tjip S. van der Werf,Nicolas Veziris,Piret Viiklepp,Stalz Charles Vilbrun,Kathleen F. Walsh,Janice Westenhouse,Wing Wai Yew,Jae-Joon Yim,Nicola M. Zetola,Matteo Zignol,Dick Menzies +107 more
TL;DR: Treatment outcomes were significantly better with use of linezolid, later generation fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline, clofazimine, and carbapenems for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and the need for trials to ascertain the optimal combination and duration of these drugs is emphasised.
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Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB: a multicentre study
Sergey Borisov,Keertan Dheda,Martin Enwerem,Rodolfo Romero Leyet,Lia D'Ambrosio,Rosella Centis,Giovanni Sotgiu,Simon Tiberi,Simon Tiberi,Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar,Andrey Maryandyshev,Evgeny Belilovski,Shashank Ganatra,Alena Skrahina,Onno W. Akkerman,Alena Aleksa,Rohit Amale,Janina Artsukevich,Judith Bruchfeld,Jose A. Caminero,Isabel Carpena Martinez,Luigi Codecasa,Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo,Justin T Denholm,Paul Douglas,Raquel Duarte,Aliasgar Esmail,Mohammed Fadul,Alexey Filippov,Lina Davies Forsman,Mina Gaga,Julia Amaranta Garcia-Fuertes,José-María García-García,Gina Gualano,Jerker Jonsson,Heinke Kunst,Jillian S.Y. Lau,Barbara Lazaro Mastrapa,Jorge Lazaro Teran Troya,Selene Manga,Katerina Manika,Pablo González Montaner,Jai B Mullerpattan,Suzette Oelofse,Martina Ortelli,Domingo Palmero,Fabrizio Palmieri,Antonella Papalia,Apostolos Papavasileiou,Marie-Christine Payen,Emanuele Pontali,Carlos Robalo Cordeiro,Laura Saderi,Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang,Tatsiana Sanukevich,Varvara Solodovnikova,Antonio Spanevello,Sonam Topgyal,Federica Toscanini,Adrian R Tramontana,Zarir F Udwadia,Pietro Viggiani,Veronica White,Alimuddin Zumla,Giovanni Battista Migliori +64 more
TL;DR: Bedaquiline-containing regimens achieved high conversion and success rates under different nonexperimental conditions, and is safe and effective in treating MDR- and XDR-TB patients.