Browsing 02.National Laboratory Astana by Author "El-Bassel, Nabila"

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Identifying risk factors associated with smear positivity of pulmonary tuberculosis in Kazakhstan

Hermosilla, Sabrina; You, Paul; Aifah, Angela; Abildayev, Tleukhan; Akilzhanova, Ainur; Kozhamkulov, Ulan; Muminov, Talgat; Darisheva, Meruert; Zhussupov, Baurzhan; Terlikbayeva, Assel; El-Bassel, Nabila; Schluger, Neil (PLoS ONE, 2017-03-01)

Background Sputum smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients have a high risk of transmission and are of great epidemiological and infection control significance. Little is known about the smearpositive populations in high ...
Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan: analysis of risk determinants in national surveillance data

Terlikbayeva, Assel; Hermosilla, Sabrina; Galea, Sandro; Schluger, Neil; Yegeubayeva, Saltanat; Abildayev, Tleukhan; Muminov, Talgat; Akiyanova, Farida; Bartkowiak, Laura; Zhumadilov, Zhaxybay; Sharman, Almaz; El-Bassel, Nabila (BMC Infectious Diseases. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/262, 2012)

Development of tuberculosis (TB) is determined by various risk factors and the interactions of temporal and spatial distributions. The aim of this study was to identify the most salient risk factors for TB disease as well ...