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h-index: 21
Works: 60
Citations: 2,080

Most-cited papers

Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage
M. Merker, Camille Blin, S. Mona, N. Duforet-Frebourg +51 more
2015Nature Genetics528 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages
David Stucki, D. Brites, L. Jeljeli, Mireia Coscollá +71 more
2016Nature Genetics376 citations Open access
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Standard Genotyping Overestimates Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Immigrants in a Low-Incidence Country
David Stucki, M. Ballif, M. Egger, H. Furrer +22 more
2016Journal of Clinical Microbiology96 citations Open access
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Tracking a tuberculosis outbreak over 21 years: strain-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism typing combined with targeted whole-genome sequencing.
David Stucki, M. Ballif, T. Bodmer, Mireia Coscollá +13 more
2015Journal of Infectious Diseases94 citations Open access
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HIV Infection Disrupts the Sympatric Host–Pathogen Relationship in Human Tuberculosis
L. Fenner, M. Egger, T. Bodmer, H. Furrer +19 more
2013PLoS Genetics88 citations Open access
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Whole-Genome Sequencing for Drug Resistance Profile Prediction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sebastian M. Gygli, P. Keller, M. Ballif, Nicolas Blöchliger +13 more
2018Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy76 citations Open access
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Influenza Pandemics and Tuberculosis Mortality in 1889 and 1918: Analysis of Historical Data from Switzerland
Kathrin Zürcher, M. Zwahlen, M. Ballif, H. Rieder +2 more
2016PLoS ONE49 citations Open access
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Drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Madang, Papua New Guinea
M. Ballif, Paul Harino, Serej D. Ley, Mireia Coscollá +8 more
2012BMC Microbiology49 citations Open access
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Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multi-centre cohort study
Kathrin Zürcher, M. Ballif, L. Fenner, S. Borrell +33 more
2019Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)48 citations Open access
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HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies
L. Fenner, A. Atkinson, A. Boulle, M. Fox +7 more
2017Journal of the International AIDS Society47 citations Open access
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Multiple Introductions of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 2–Beijing into Africa over centuries
L. Rutaihwa, F. Menardo, David Stucki, Sebastian M. Gygli +14 more
2018bioRxiv46 citations Open access
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Diagnosis and clinical outcomes of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in antiretroviral therapy programmes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a multicohort study
Kathrin Zürcher, M. Ballif, S. Kiertiburanakul, H. Chenal +9 more
2019Journal of the International AIDS Society40 citations Open access
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Mortality from drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-burden countries comparing routine drug susceptibility testing with whole-genome sequencing: a multicentre cohort study
Kathrin Zürcher, Martina L. Reichmuth, M. Ballif, C. Loiseau +18 more
2021The Lancet Microbe37 citations Open access
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Implementation of Tuberculosis Intensive Case Finding, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy, and Infection Control ("Three I's") and HIV-Tuberculosis Service Integration in Lower Income Countries
M. K. Charles, M. Lindegren, C. Wester, M. Blevins +10 more
2016PLoS ONE33 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium algericum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species related to the Mycobacterium terrae complex and associated with goat lung lesions.
N. Sahraoui, M. Ballif, Samir Zelleg, Nadir Yousfi +8 more
2011International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology31 citations Open access
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Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Livestock Brucella melitensis Isolates from Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
J. Kasymbekov, Joldoshbek Imanseitov, M. Ballif, N. Schürch +8 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases30 citations Open access
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Updating the approaches to define susceptibility and resistance to anti-tuberculosis agents: implications for diagnosis and treatment
Sophia B. Timothy C. Alexei Said H. Kanchan Jan-Willem Da Georghiou Rodwell Korobitsyn Abbadi Ajbani Alffena, Sophia B. Georghiou, T. Rodwell, A. Korobitsyn +124 more
2022European Respiratory Journal29 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis in Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Lower Income Countries: Availability and Use of Diagnostics and Screening
L. Fenner, M. Ballif, Claire Graber, V. Nhandu +17 more
2013PLoS ONE25 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes among HIV/TB Co-Infected Children in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Network
James G. Carlucci, M. Blevins, A. Kipp, M. Lindegren +10 more
2017Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes23 citations Open access
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Impact of Previous Virological Treatment Failures and Adherence on the Outcome of Antiretroviral Therapy in 2007
M. Ballif, B. Ledergerber, M. Battegay, M. Cavassini +7 more
2009PLoS ONE23 citations Open access
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Monitoring of malaria parasite resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Solomon Islands by DNA microarray technology
M. Ballif, J. Hii, J. Marfurt, A. Crameri +4 more
2010Malaria Journal22 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis Mortality and Living Conditions in Bern, Switzerland, 1856-1950
Kathrin Zürcher, M. Ballif, M. Zwahlen, H. Rieder +2 more
2016PLoS ONE20 citations Open access
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Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance in different provinces of Papua New Guinea
Serej D. Ley, Paul Harino, Kilagi Vanuga, Ruben Kamus +9 more
2014BMC Microbiology20 citations Open access
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Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
M. Zwyer, L. Rutaihwa, E. Windels, J. Hella +40 more
2023PLoS Pathogens19 citations Open access
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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
M. Ballif, Paul Harino, Serej D. Ley, Robyn Carter +8 more
2012The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease19 citations
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Global HIV mortality trends among children on antiretroviral treatment corrected for under‐reported deaths: an updated analysis of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS collaboration
R. Kassanjee, L. Johnson, E. Zaniewski, M. Ballif +14 more
2021Journal of the International AIDS Society17 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis in Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Diagnosis and Screening Practices.
M. Ballif, L. Renner, Jean Claude Dusingize, V. Leroy +13 more
2015Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society17 citations Open access
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Design and implementation of a global site assessment survey among HIV clinics participating in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) research consortium
E. Brazier, F. Maruri, C. Wester, B. Musick +13 more
2023PLoS ONE16 citations Open access
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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on TB services at ART programmes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a multi‐cohort survey
M. Martí, Kathrin Zürcher, L. Enane, L. Diero +11 more
2022Journal of the International AIDS Society16 citations Open access
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Tracing people living with HIV who are lost to follow-up at ART programs in Southern Africa: A sampling-based cohort study in six countries.
M. Ballif, B. Christ, N. Anderegg, Frédérique Chammartin +11 more
2021Clinical Infectious Diseases14 citations Open access
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Transition to dolutegravir-based ART in 35 low- and middle-income countries: a global survey of HIV care clinics
E. Zaniewski, V. Skrivankova, E. Brazier, A. Avihingsanon +31 more
2024AIDS (London)12 citations Open access
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HIV Coinfection Is Associated with Low-Fitness rpoB Variants in Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Loiseau, D. Brites, M. Reinhard, Kathrin Zürcher +17 more
2020Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy11 citations Open access
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Authorship inequalities in global health research: the IeDEA Southern Africa collaboration
V. Skrivankova, S. Hossmann, M. Cornell, M. Ballif +12 more
2023BMJ Global Health10 citations Open access
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Availability and experiences of differentiated antiretroviral therapy delivery at HIV care facilities in rural Zimbabwe: a mixed‐method study
B. Christ, J. van Dijk, T. Nyandoro, Martina L. Reichmuth +5 more
2022Journal of the International AIDS Society10 citations Open access
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Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnosis among HIV-positive individuals in Southern Africa: analysis of cohort studies at antiretroviral treatment programmes
M. Ballif, Kathrin Zürcher, S. Reid, A. Boulle +6 more
2018BMJ Open10 citations Open access
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Detection and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients from lower income countries
M. Ballif, V. Nhandu, R. Wood, J. Dusingize +12 more
2014The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease10 citations Open access
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Drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Madang, Papua New Guinea
M. Ballif, Paul Harino, Serej D. Ley, Mireia Coscollá +8 more
2012BMC Microbiology10 citations Open access
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The Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (TB-SRN) of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA): protocol for a prospective cohort study in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America
L. Enane, S. Duda, Thida Chanyachukul, C. Bolton-Moore +25 more
2024BMJ Open9 citations Open access
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Integrating services for HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A global cross-sectional survey among ART clinics in low- and middle-income countries
Kathrin Zürcher, S. Cox, M. Ballif, L. Enane +10 more
2022PLOS Global Public Health9 citations Open access
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Erratum: Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage (Nat. Genet. (2015) DOI: 10.1038/ng.3195)
M. Merker, Camille Blin, S. Mona, N. Duforet-Frebourg +51 more
20157 citations
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Estimating Tuberculosis Transmission Risks in a Primary Care Clinic in South Africa: Modeling of Environmental and Clinical Data.
Kathrin Zürcher, J. Riou, Carl Morrow, M. Ballif +7 more
2022Journal of Infectious Diseases6 citations Open access
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High unreported mortality in children and youth (<25 years) living with HIV who were lost to care from antiretroviral therapy programs in Southern Africa: results from a multi-country tracing study
P. Nyakato, B. Christ, N. Anderegg, Josephine A. Muhairwe +13 more
2022Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes5 citations Open access
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Novel approach to estimate tuberculosis transmission in primary care clinics in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol of a prospective study
Kathrin Zürcher, Carl Morrow, J. Riou, M. Ballif +9 more
2020BMJ Open5 citations Open access
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The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site survey in Asia and Africa
M. Ballif, Nicolas Banholzer, Lisa Perrig, A. Avihingsanon +20 more
2025BMJ Global Health4 citations Open access
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Tracing people living with HIV who are lost to follow-up at ART programs in Southern Africa: Study protocol
B. Christ, M. Ballif, N. Anderegg, F. Chammartin +13 more
20204 citations Open access
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Differentiated antiretroviral therapy delivery in rural Zimbabwe: availability, needs and challenges
B. Christ, J. van Dijk, M. Ballif, T. Nyandoro +8 more
20204 citations Open access
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Gender Disparities in Statin Prescriptions in People With HIV With Low/Moderate to High Cardiovascular Risk
I. Abela, Frédérique Chammartin, A. Amstutz, B. Surial +65 more
2024Open Forum Infectious Diseases3 citations Open access
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The implementation of tuberculosis preventive therapy in HIV care clinics in Africa, Asia and Latin America: a multiregional site survey
Remo Schmutz, Nicolas Banholzer, K. Shearer, J. Golub +27 more
2026BMJ Global Health2 citations Open access
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Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries
Kathrin Zürcher, M. Ballif, L. Fenner, S. Borrell +20 more
2018bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Madang, Papua New Guinea
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20121 citations
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