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F. Wares — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 31
Works: 68
Citations: 3,401

Most-cited papers

WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update
D. Falzon, E. Jaramillo, H. Schunemann, M. Arentz +42 more
2011European Respiratory Journal1,028 citations Open access
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Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: literature review
P. Dewan, S. S. Lal, K. Lönnroth, F. Wares +4 more
2006British medical journal163 citations Open access
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis around the world: what progress has been made?
D. Falzon, F. Mirzayev, F. Wares, I. G. Baena +6 more
2014European Respiratory Journal131 citations Open access
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Surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the state of Gujarat, India.
R. Ramachandran, S. Nalini, V. Chandrasekar, P. Dave +9 more
2009The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease124 citations
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Metropolitan City of South India
Baskaran Dhanaraj, M. Papanna, Srividya Adinarayanan, Chandrasekaran Vedachalam +6 more
2015PLoS ONE109 citations Open access
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Outcome of standardized treatment for patients with MDR-TB from Tamil Nadu, India
P. Joseph, Vijayalakshmi Desai, N. S. Mohan, J. Fredrick +5 more
2011The Indian journal of medical research103 citations
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The prevalence of tuberculosis in different economic strata: a community survey from South India.
M. Muniyandi, R. Ramachandran, P. Gopi, V. Chandrasekaran +6 more
2007The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease96 citations
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Universal access to care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an analysis of surveillance data.
D. Falzon, E. Jaramillo, F. Wares, M. Zignol +2 more
2013Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)89 citations
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Economic evaluation of public-private mix for tuberculosis care and control, India. Part I. Socio-economic profile and costs among tuberculosis patients.
A. Pantoja, K. Floyd, K. Unnikrishnan, R. Jitendra +8 more
2009The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease88 citations
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Care Seeking Behavior of Chest Symptomatics: A Community Based Study Done in South India after the Implementation of the RNTCP
N. Charles, B. Thomas, Basilea Watson, Raja Sakthivel M. +2 more
2010PLoS ONE80 citations Open access
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Health-seeking behaviour of new smear-positive TB patients under a DOTS programme in Tamil Nadu, India, 2003.
J. Selvam, F. Wares, M. Perumal, P. Gopi +3 more
2007The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease80 citations
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Management of multi drug resistance tuberculosis in the field: Tuberculosis Research Centre experience.
Aleyamma Thomas, R. Ramachandran, Fathima Rehaman, K. Jaggarajamma +7 more
2007Indian Journal of Tuberculosis73 citations
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Risk Factors for Treatment Default among Re-Treatment Tuberculosis Patients in India, 2006
U. Jha, S. Satyanarayana, P. Dewan, S. Chadha +4 more
2010PLoS ONE70 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
N. Nair, F. Wares, S. Sahu
2010Bulletin of the World Health Organization69 citations Open access
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Contact screening and chemoprophylaxis in India's Revised Tuberculosis Control Programme: a situational analysis.
V. V. Banu Rekha, K. Jagarajamma, F. Wares, V. Chandrasekaran +1 more
2009The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease67 citations
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Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) among Tuberculosis Patients: A Study from Chennai, South India
M. Suhadev, B. Thomas, Raja M, Murugesan P +6 more
2011PLoS ONE64 citations Open access
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Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis - A Baseline Survey In Central India
V. Rao, J. Bhat, R. Yadav, Gopi Punnathanathu Gopalan +6 more
2012PLoS ONE62 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis Contact Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in a South Indian District: Operational Issues for Programmatic Consideration
Madhavi Pothukuchi, S. Nagaraja, S. Kelamane, S. Satyanarayana +4 more
2011PLoS ONE62 citations Open access
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Economic evaluation of public-private mix for tuberculosis care and control, India. Part II. Cost and cost-effectiveness.
A. Pantoja, K. Lönnroth, S. S. Lal, L. S. Chauhan +8 more
2009The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease54 citations
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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis amongst the tribal population of Madhya Pradesh, central India.
J. Bhat, V. Rao, P. Gopi, R. Yadav +5 more
2009International Journal of Epidemiology53 citations
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Efficacy of a Six-Month versus a 36-Month Regimen for Prevention of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Persons in India: A Randomized Clinical Trial
S. Swaminathan, P. Menon, Narendran Gopalan, Venkatesan Perumal +10 more
2012PLoS ONE50 citations Open access
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Intensified scale-up of public-private mix: a systems approach to tuberculosis care and control in India.
S. S. Lal, S. Sahu, F. Wares, K. Lönnroth +2 more
2011The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease49 citations
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Characteristics and Programme-Defined Treatment Outcomes among Childhood Tuberculosis (TB) Patients under the National TB Programme in Delhi
S. Satyanarayana, R. Shivashankar, R. Vashist, L. S. Chauhan +7 more
2010PLoS ONE46 citations Open access
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Pulmonary tuberculosis: a public health problem amongst the Saharia, a primitive tribe of Madhya Pradesh, Central India.
V. Rao, P. Gopi, J. Bhat, N. Selvakumar +5 more
2010International Journal of Infectious Diseases45 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis and migration
Deliana Garcia, F. Wares, Edward Zuroweste, P. Guerin
2009Tuberculosis43 citations Open access
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Improved tuberculosis case detection through public-private partnership and laboratory-based surveillance, Kannur District, Kerala, India, 2001-2002.
M. K. A. Kumar, P. Dewan, P. Nair, T. Frieden +6 more
2005The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease43 citations
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Tuberculosis control in India.
R. Granich, F. Wares, Sahu Suvanand, L. S. Chauhan
2003Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)43 citations
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Improving screening and chemoprophylaxis among child contacts in India's RNTCP: a pilot study.
B. Rekha, K. Jagarajamma, V. Chandrasekaran, F. Wares +2 more
2013The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease42 citations
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A cost-benefit analysis of scaling up tuberculosis control in India.
M. Goodchild, S. Sahu, F. Wares, P. Dewan +3 more
2011The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease37 citations
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Feasibility of an Alcohol Intervention Programme for TB Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) - A Qualitative Study from Chennai, South India
B. Thomas, M. Suhadev, J. Mani, B. Ganapathy +4 more
2011PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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Prevalence of chest symptoms amongst brick kiln migrant workers and care seeking behaviour: a study from South India.
B. Thomas, N. Charles, Basilea Watson, V. Chandrasekaran +4 more
2014Journal of public health31 citations Open access
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Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Updated Research Agenda
C. Mitnick, C. Rodriguez, Marita L Hatton, G. Brigden +12 more
2016PLoS ONE30 citations Open access
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Tuberculosis 'retreatment others': profile and treatment outcomes in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
S. Srinath, B. Sharath, K. Santosha, S. Chadha +6 more
2011The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease30 citations
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Trends in the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis over a period of seven and half years in a rural community in south India with DOTS.
C. Kolappan, R. Subramani, S. Radhakrishna, T. Sántha +4 more
2013Indian Journal of Tuberculosis25 citations
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Increased yield of smear positive pulmonary TB cases by screening patients with > or =2 weeks cough, compared to > or =3 weeks and adequacy of 2 sputum smear examinations for diagnosis.
Aleyamma Thomas, V. Chandrasekaran, P. Joseph, Vijay Baskar Rao +8 more
2008Indian Journal of Tuberculosis22 citations
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Initial drug susceptibility profile of M. tuberculosis among patients under TB programme in South India.
T. Sántha, A. Thomas, V. Chandrasekaran, N. Selvakumar +8 more
2006The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease22 citations
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Evaluation of a Diagnostic Algorithm for Sputum Smear–Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Adults
C. Padmapriyadarsini, S. Tripathy, L. Sekar, P. K. Bhavani +10 more
2013Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes21 citations Open access
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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling of Sputum Acid-Fast Bacillus Smears for Assessing Sputum Smear Microscopy Centers
N. Selvakumar, B. Murthy, E. Prabhakaran, S. Sivagamasundari +7 more
2005Journal of Clinical Microbiology21 citations Open access
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Public-private mix TB activities in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, North India: delivering dots via collaboration with private providers and non-governmental organizations.
S. Sehgal, P. Dewan, L. S. Chauhan, S. Sahu +2 more
2007Indian Journal of Tuberculosis19 citations
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Perceptions of tuberculosis patients about private providers before and after implementation of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.
K. Jaggarajamma, R. Balambal, M. Muniyandi, M. Vasantha +5 more
2009Indian Journal of Tuberculosis18 citations
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of the russian treatment scheme for tuberculosis versus short-course chemotherapy: results from Tomsk, Siberia.
B. Jacobs, C. Clowes, F. Wares, V. Polivakho +3 more
2002The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease16 citations
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Treatment success rate and time to culture conversion under a prospective BPaL cohort study
E. Burhan, J. Sugiharto, M. Soemarno, A. Juan +20 more
2025IJTLD open10 citations
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Integration of drug safety monitoring in tuberculosis treatment programmes: country experiences
E. Tiemersma, S. van den Hof, G. Dravniece, F. Wares +13 more
2019European Respiratory Review8 citations Open access
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Why do tuberculosis suspects bypass local services to attend tuberculosis sanatorium?
R. Ramachandran, M. Muniyandi, P. Gopi, F. Wares
2010Lung India8 citations Open access
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Experiences of introducing new drugs for drug-resistant TB at the ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017-2019.
E. Tesema, F. Wares, A. Bedru, C. Negeri +5 more
2021Public Health Action5 citations Open access
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Effectiveness and safety of the BPaL regimen in the Philippines
I. Flores, M. Quelapio, C. Cabalitan, Jeam Carpin +13 more
2025Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases4 citations Open access
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The yield of chest X-ray based versus symptom-based screening among patients with diabetes mellitus in public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
D. Jerene, C. Muleta, Solomon Dressie, Abdurezak Ahmed +6 more
2022Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases4 citations Open access
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High rates of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus among patients with active tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
D. Jerene, C. Muleta, Abdurezak Ahmed, Getahun Tarekegn +4 more
2022Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases4 citations Open access
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Progress in achieving universal access to care for multidrug- resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
F. Wares, D. Falzon
2014Indian Journal of Tuberculosis4 citations
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ShORRT (Short, all-Oral Regimens for Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis) Research Package
J. Achar, V. Bhatia, A. Bloom, Jonathon R. Campbell +35 more
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