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Thando Zulu

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Public Health
Infectious Diseases
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Emily B Wong
Hloniphile Ngubane
Stephen Olivier
Nancy A Rigotti
Mark J Siedner
Gina Kruse
Willem A Hanekom
Ronel Sewpaul
Mareca Sithole
Krishna P Reddy
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One Health
PLOS Glob Public Health
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Recent Articles
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Initiation, cessation and relapse of tobacco smoking over a 3-year period among participants aged ≥15 years in a large longitudinal cohort in rural South Africa
Sewpaul R, Olivier S, Ngubane H, Zulu T, Sithole M, Hanekom W, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2025 Feb; 5(2):e0004126. PMID: 39999138
Tobacco smoking is increasing in many low-and-middle-income countries, but data about initiation and cessation patterns are sparse, particularly in rural areas. We investigated changes in smoking status and their determinants...
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Association between tobacco smoking and prevalence of HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Chidumwa G, Olivier S, Ngubane H, Zulu T, Sithole M, Gunda R, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Nov; 24(1):3306. PMID: 39605009
Background: South Africa is facing a convergence of communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). There are limited data about how tobacco use contributes to the burden of these conditions,...
3.
Subclinical tuberculosis linkage to care and completion of treatment following community-based screening in rural South Africa
Sifumba Z, Claassen H, Olivier S, Khan P, Ngubane H, Bhengu T, et al.
BMC Glob Public Health . 2024 Jun; 2(1):30. PMID: 38832047
Background: Tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of infectious death, is curable when patients complete a course of multi-drug treatment. Because entry into the TB treatment cascade usually relies on symptomatic...
4.
Identification and molecular characterization of DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa
Goosen W, Moodley S, Ghielmetti G, Moosa Y, Zulu T, Smit T, et al.
One Health . 2024 Mar; 18:100702. PMID: 38487729
This study investigated the presence of () DNA in archived human sputum samples previously collected from residents who reside adjacent to the -endemic Hluhluwe-iMfolozi wildlife park, South Africa (SA). Sixty-eight...
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The met and unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension, and diabetes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: analysis of a cross-sectional multimorbidity survey
Singh U, Olivier S, Cuadros D, Castle A, Moosa Y, Zulu T, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2023 Aug; 11(9):e1372-e1382. PMID: 37591585
Background: The convergence of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases in South Africa is challenging to health systems. In this analysis, we assessed the multimorbidity health needs of individuals and communities...
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Tobacco smoking and prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases in rural South Africa: A cross-sectional study
Chidumwa G, Olivier S, Ngubane H, Zulu T, Sewpaul R, Kruse G, et al.
Res Sq . 2023 Apr; PMID: 37066285
Background: South Africa is facing a convergence of communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The contribution of tobacco use to the burden of these conditions is unknown. Methods: We...
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The ethics of conducting observational tobacco research without providing treatment to people who use tobacco: a case example from South Africa
Kruse G, Zulu T, Ngubane H, Reddy K, Siedner M, Rigotti N, et al.
BMJ Glob Health . 2022 Jul; 7(7). PMID: 35831036
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