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Gavin J. Churchyard

Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand

Publications -  315
Citations -  17193

Gavin J. Churchyard is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 290 publications receiving 15154 citations. Previous affiliations of Gavin J. Churchyard include University of London & Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: an NTM-NET collaborative study

Wouter Hoefsloot, +66 more
TL;DR: A snapshot of NTM species distribution demonstrates that the species distribution among NTM isolates from pulmonary specimens in the year 2008 differed by continent and differed by country within these continents.
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HIV infection and tuberculosis in South Africa: an urgent need to escalate the public health response.

TL;DR: By use of the framework of the Strategic Plans for South Africa for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, this work provides prioritised four-step approaches for tuberculosis control, HIV prevention, and HIV treatment.
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The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

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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Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment.

TL;DR: Tuberculosis epidemiology in Africa and policy implications of HIV/AIDS treatment scale-up are reviewed, showing that failure to successfully integrate HIV and tuberculosis control will threaten the viability of both programmes.