KNCV Publications 2025

Hontelez JAC, Spruijt IT, Bakker R, Cobelens F, Erkens C, van den Hof S, de Vlas SJ. Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis infection screening and treatment among high-tuberculosis risk immigrants and asylum seekers in The Netherlands: A cohort modelling study. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2025.
de Haas P, Hepple P, Babo Y, Srioetami F, Amare M, Sherefdin B, Slyzkyi A, Widyaputri D, Nelwan EJ, Sugiharto J, Bedru A, Tiemersma E. VISITECT® CD4 advanced disease assay in routine use: Diagnostic accuracy and usability, Ethiopia and Indonesia. Trop Med Int Health. July 2025.
Lounnas M, Masama EN, Beneteau S, Kasakwa K, Kaitano R, Nabeta P, Ruhwald M, de Haas P, Tiemersma EW, Nduna B, Nicol MP, Eyangoh S, Wobudeya E, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Chabala C, Marcy O, Bonnet M. Centrifuge-free stool processing methods for Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra tuberculosis diagnosis in children in Uganda and Zambia: an observational, prospective, diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet Microbe. June 23, 2025.
Ruperez M, Busang J, Mureithi L, Shanaube K, Klinkenberg E, Gachie T, Burnett JM, Ksloff B, de Haas P, et al. Clinical outcomes of participants of a TB prevalence survey with an abnormal chest X-ray but no evidence of TB disease after a median follow-up of 9 months in Zambia and South Africa. PLOS Global Public Health 5(6). June 20, 2025.
Leung CL, Jerene D, Meghji J, Drage M, Mbawala W, Mpagama SG, Pell C, Mulder C. Post-TB sequelae and care: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. IJTLD Open. June 13, 2025.
Jaganath D, Nabeta P, Nicol MP, Castro R, Wambi P, Zar HJ, Workman L, Lodha R, Singh UB, Bavdekar A, Sanghavi S, Trollip A, Mace A, Bonnet M, Lounnas M, de Haas P, Tiemersma E, Alland D, Banada P, Cattamanchi A, et al. Stool processing methods for Xpert Ultra testing in childhood tuberculosis: A prospective, multi-country accuracy study, Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 03, 2025.
Salazar-Austin N, Cohn S, Nonyane B, Mulder C, Mulatu F, Bayu S, Bizuayehu M, Conradie G, Malhotra A, Phan P, Hernandez Morfin N, Borsboom S, Mitiku P, Fulas D, Tulema M, Golub JE, Chaisson RE, Churchyard G, Bedru A. Effectiveness of a Home-based Approach to Child Contact Investigation and TPT Management by Community Health Workers in Ethiopia: A Pragmatic Cluster-randomized Trial, Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2025.
Malhotra A, Bedru A, Mulatu F, Nonyane BAS, Cohn S, Mulder C, Bayu S, Borsboom S, Conradie G, Golub JE, Chaisson RE, Churchyard G, Dowdy DW, Sohn H, Salazar-Austin N. Cost and cost-effectiveness of pediatric home-based versus facility-based TB Preventive Treatment in Ethiopia (CHIP-TB). PLOS Glob Public Health. April 30, 2025.
Abelti E, Dememew Z, Gebreyohannes A, Alemayehu Y, Terfassa T, Janfa T, Jerene D, Suarez P, Datiko D. Community-Based Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Among Child and Adolescent Household Contacts in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. April 9, 2025.
Tiemersma E, Yenew B, Diriba G, Jerene D, Bedru A, de Haas P. Incremental yield in detection of TB by testing multiple stool specimens from one person. IJTLD Open. April 9, 2025.
Jerene D, van Kalmthout K, Levy J, Alacapa J, Deyanova N, Dube T, Mganga A, Tasca B, Bodganov A, Efo E, Gamazina K, Celine Garfin AM, Kochanov V, Leung A, Madden N, Maraba N, McQuaid CF, Mleoh L, Onjara B, Powers R, Terleiva Y, van Rest J, Gebhard A, Fielding K, Charalambous S. Effect of digital adherence technologies on treatment outcomes in people with drug-susceptible tuberculosis: four pragmatic, cluster-randomised trials. The Lancet. Volume 405, Issue 10485. p1155-1166. April 05, 2025.
Ali S, Rahman NR, Ashraf, Rumman, Naveed A, Ghafoor A, Ali M et al. Comparative Analysis of Culture and Sputum Smear Conversion Timelines and Their Associated Factors in Smokers Versus Non-smokers With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. Cureus 17(3): e80704. March 17, 2025.
Klinkenberg E, de Haas P, Manyonge C, Namutebi J, Mujangi B, Bedru A, Jerene D et al. Lessons Learned from Early Implementation and Scale-up of Stool-Based Xpert Testing to Diagnose Tuberculosis in Children. Emerg Infect Dis. March, 2025.
Biru M, Datiko DG, Jerene D, Yohannes AG, Molla Y, Suarez P, Gebrekiros W, Kassa A, Kassie Y, Dememew ZG. Designing tuberculosis elimination framework through participatory processes in Ethiopia: Results from stakeholders’ discussions. PLOS One. March 10, 2025.
Madden N, Tadesse AW, Leung CL, Gonçalves Tasca B, Alacapa J, van Kalmthout K, Jerene D, Deyanova N, Ndlovu N, Mokone N, Onjare B, et al. Process Evaluation of Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trials of Digital Adherence Technologies for Tuberculosis Treatment Support: A Mixed-Method Study in Five Countries. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 10(3):68. March 6, 2025.
Useni S, Odume B, Tukur M, Chukwu E, Nwokoye N, Ogbudebe C, Chukwuogo O, Osuoji U, Igwetu C, Gordon I, Nongo D, Eneogu R, Ihesie A, Chukwuekezie O, Anyaike C, Diul MY. Comparative analysis of the impact of portable digital X-ray on TB screening in hard-to-reach areas in Nigeria. Public Health Action. 15(1):17-20. March 1, 2025.
Omotayo SA, Chukwuogo O, Ogbudebe C, Egbule D, Opara P, Bot T, Chukwu E, Nwadike P, Gordon I, Ezekhaigbe C, Yakubu A, Odume B. Finding missing TB cases in Northern Nigeria. Public Health Action. 15(1):38-43. March 1, 2025.
Mwanza W, Lutinala M, Mundia K, Klinkenberg E, de Haas P, Kabaso M, Zimba K, Chabala C, Tambatamba B, Angel M, Lungu P, Lishimpi K. Stool-based Xpert testing for diagnosis of TB in children and critically ill adults. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 29(2):75-79. Feb 1, 2025.
Garcia-Prats AJ, Garcia-Cremades M, Cox V, Kredo T, Murzabakova T, Myrzaliev B et al. Characteristics of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and their association with treatment outcomes: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Lacent Child Adolesc Health. February, 2025.
Pelzer PT, Stuck L, Martinez L, Richards AS, Acuña-Villaorduña C, Aronson NE et al. Effectiveness of the primary Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine against the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Microbe. February, 2025.
McQuaid CF, Clark RA, White RG, Bakker R, Alexander P, Henry R et al. Estimating the epidemiological and economic impact of providing nutritional care for tuberculosis-affected households across India: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. January 14, 2025.
Sumner T, Clark RA, Prys-Jones TO, Bakker R, Churchyard G, White RG. The potential impact of new tuberculosis vaccines on the burden of tuberculosis in people with HIV in South Africa. AIDS 2025.