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Ben J. Marais
Researcher at Children's Hospital at Westmead
Publications - 449
Citations - 18600
Ben J. Marais is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital at Westmead. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 415 publications receiving 16084 citations. Previous affiliations of Ben J. Marais include National Health and Medical Research Council & University of Sydney.
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The natural history of childhood intra-thoracic tuberculosis: a critical review of literature from the pre-chemotherapy era.
Ben J. Marais,Robert P. Gie,H S Schaaf,Anneke C. Hesseling,C C Obihara,J J Starke,Donald A. Enarson,Peter R. Donald,Nulda Beyers +8 more
TL;DR: Deciding which children to treat may be extremely difficult in high-prevalence, low-resource settings, and the concept of relevant disease provides guidance for more effective public health intervention.
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Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research
Suzaan Marais,Guy E. Thwaites,Johan F. Schoeman,M. Estée Török,Usha K. Misra,Kameshwar Prasad,Peter R. Donald,Robert J. Wilkinson,Ben J. Marais +8 more
TL;DR: A writing committee was appointed to finalise a consensus case definition for tuberculous meningitis for use in future clinical research and this case definition is applicable irrespective of the patient's age, HIV infection status, or the resources available in the research setting.
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A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas.
TL;DR: This review provides a comprehensive overview of the most important studies addressing the recruitment and retention of doctors to rural and remote areas and argues for the formulation of universal definitions to assist study comparison and future collaborative research.
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Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test
Stephen D. Lawn,Peter Mwaba,Peter Mwaba,Matthew Bates,Amy S. Piatek,Heather Alexander,Ben J. Marais,Luis E. Cuevas,Timothy D. McHugh,Lynn S. Zijenah,Nathan Kapata,Nathan Kapata,Ibrahim Abubakar,Ibrahim Abubakar,Ruth McNerney,Michael Hoelscher,Ziad A. Memish,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Peter S. Kim,Markus Maeurer,Marco Schito,Alimuddin Zumla +21 more
TL;DR: The development of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay is undoubtedly a landmark event, clinical and programmatic effects and cost-effectiveness remain to be defined, and a rapid, accurate point-of-care diagnostic test that is affordable and can be readily implemented is urgently needed.
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Tuberculosis in children.
TL;DR: A broad overview of recent advances related to child TB is provided, focusing on intra‐thoracic disease manifestations, which summarizes current understanding of TB epidemiology, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, but also introduces novel concepts for further discussion and future evaluation.