Lessells, RJ; Cooke, GS; McGrath, N; Nicol, MP; Newell, ML; Godfrey-Faussett, P; (2017) Impact of Point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF on Tuberculosis Treatment Initiation: A Cluster Randomised Trial. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. ISSN 1073-449X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201702-0278OC

Reniers, Georges; Blom, Sylvia; Lieber, Judith; Herbst, Abraham J; Calvert, Clara; Bor, Jacob; Barnighausen, Till; Zaba, Basia; Li, Zehang R; Clark, Samuel J; +4 more... Grant, Alison D; Lessells, Richard; Eaton, Jeffrey W; Hosegood, Victoria; (2017) Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study. PloS one, 12 (10). e0185692-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185692

Smith, CM; Lessells, R; Grant, AD; Herbst, K; Tanser, F; (2017) Spatial clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hlabisa subdistrict, KwaZulu-Natal, 2011-2015. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 22 (3). pp. 287-293. ISSN 1027-3719 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.17.0457

Manasa, Justen; Danaviah, Siva; Lessells, Richard; Elshareef, Muna; Tanser, Frank; Wilkinson, Eduan; Pillay, Sureshnee; Mthiyane, Hloniphile; Mwambi, Henry; Pillay, Deenan; +1 more... de Oliveira, Tulio; (2016) Increasing HIV-1 Drug Resistance Between 2010 and 2012 in Adults Participating in Population-Based HIV Surveillance in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS research and human retroviruses, 32 (8). pp. 763-769. ISSN 0889-2229 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2015.0225

Rossouw, TM; Nieuwoudt, M; Manasa, J; Malherbe, G; Lessells, RJ; Pillay, S; Danaviah, S; Mahasha, P; van Dyk, G; de Oliveira, T; (2016) HIV drug resistance levels in adults failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in an urban and a rural setting in South Africa. HIV medicine, 18 (2). pp. 104-114. ISSN 1464-2662 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12400

Treffry-Goatley, Astrid; Lessells, Richard; Sykes, Pam; Bärnighausen, Till; de Oliveira, Tulio; Moletsane, Relebohile; Seeley, Janet; (2016) Understanding Specific Contexts of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Rural South Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Digital Stories from a Community with High HIV Prevalence. PloS one, 11 (2). e0148801-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148801

Lessells, Richard J; Swaminathan, Soumya; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; (2015) HIV treatment cascade in tuberculosis patients. Current opinion in HIV and AIDS, 10 (6). pp. 439-446. ISSN 1746-630X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000197

McGrath, N; Lessells, RJ; Newell, ML; (2015) Time to eligibility for antiretroviral therapy in adults with CD4 cell count > 500 cells/μL in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. HIV medicine, 16 (8). pp. 512-518. ISSN 1464-2662 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12255

Cornell, Morna; Lessells, Richard; Fox, Matthew P; Garone, Daniela B; Giddy, Janet; Fenner, Lukas; Myer, Landon; Boulle, Andrew; IeDEA-Southern Africa Collaboration; (2014) Mortality among adults transferred and lost to follow-up from antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa: a multicenter cohort study. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 67 (2). e67-e75. ISSN 1525-4135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000269 Full text not available from this repository.

Lessells, Richard J; Stott, Katharine E; Manasa, Justen; Naidu, Kevindra K; Skingsley, Andrew; Rossouw, Theresa; de Oliveira, Tulio; Southern African Treatment and Resistance Network (SATuRN); (2014) Implementing antiretroviral resistance testing in a primary health care HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: early experiences, achievements and challenges. BMC health services research, 14 (1). 116-. ISSN 1472-6963 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-116

Manasa, Justen; Lessells, Richard; Rossouw, Theresa; Naidu, Kevindra; Van Vuuren, Cloete; Goedhals, Dominique; van Zyl, Gert; Bester, Armand; Skingsley, Andrew; Stott, Katharine; +8 more... Danaviah, Siva; Chetty, Terusha; Singh, Lavanya; Moodley, Pravi; Iwuji, Collins; McGrath, Nuala; Seebregts, Christopher J; de Oliveira, Tulio; (2014) Southern African Treatment Resistance Network (SATuRN) RegaDB HIV drug resistance and clinical management database: supporting patient management, surveillance and research in southern Africa. Database, 2014. bat082-. ISSN 1758-0463 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bat082

Pillay, Sureshnee; Bland, Ruth M; Lessells, Richard J; Manasa, Justen; de Oliveira, Tulio; Danaviah, Sivapragashini; (2014) Drug resistance in children at virological failure in a rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, cohort. AIDS research and therapy, 11 (1). 3-. ISSN 1742-6405 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-6405-11-3

Iwuji, Collins C; Orne-Gliemann, Joanna; Tanser, Frank; Boyer, Sylvie; Lessells, Richard J; Lert, France; Imrie, John; Bärnighausen, Till; Rekacewicz, Claire; Bazin, Brigitte; +3 more... Newell, Marie-Louise; Dabis, François; ANRS 12249 TasP Study Group; (2013) Evaluation of the impact of immediate versus WHO recommendations-guided antiretroviral therapy initiation on HIV incidence: the ANRS 12249 TasP (Treatment as Prevention) trial in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14 (1). 230-. ISSN 1745-6215 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-230

Lessells, Richard J; Avalos, Ava; de Oliveira, Tulio; (2013) Implementing HIV-1 genotypic resistance testing in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa: needs, opportunities, and challenges. AIDS reviews, 15 (4). pp. 221-229. ISSN 1139-6121 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1386895 Full text not available from this repository.

Lessells, Richard J; Cooke, Graham S; McGrath, Nuala; Nicol, Mark P; Newell, Marie-Louise; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; (2013) Impact of a novel molecular TB diagnostic system in patients at high risk of TB mortality in rural South Africa (Uchwepheshe): study protocol for a cluster randomised trial. Trials, 14 (1). 170-. ISSN 1745-6215 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-170

Lessells, Richard J; Mutevedzi, Portia C; Iwuji, Collins C; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2013) Reduction in early mortality on antiretroviral therapy for adults in rural South Africa since change in CD4+ cell count eligibility criteria. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 65 (1). e17-e24. ISSN 1525-4135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e31829ceb14

Manasa, Justen; Lessells, Richard J; Skingsley, Andrew; Naidu, Kevindra K; Newell, Marie-Louise; McGrath, Nuala; de Oliveira, Tulio; Southern African Treatment and Resistance Network; (2013) High-levels of acquired drug resistance in adult patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in a rural HIV treatment programme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PloS one, 8 (8). e72152-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072152

Mutevedzi, Portia C; Lessells, Richard J; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2013) Disengagement from care in a decentralised primary health care antiretroviral treatment programme: cohort study in rural South Africa. Tropical medicine & international health, 18 (8). pp. 934-941. ISSN 1360-2276 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12135

Rossouw, T; Lessells, RJ; de Oliveira, T; (2013) HIV & TB Drug Resistance and Clinical Management Case Book. South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, p. 130. ISBN 9781920014919 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/967463 Full text not available from this repository.

Stott, KE; de Oliviera, T; Lessells, RJ; (2013) Combined antiretroviral and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance following incarceration. Southern African journal of HIV medicine, 14 (3). p. 135. ISSN 1608-9693 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJHIVMED.957

Cornell, Morna; Schomaker, Michael; Garone, Daniela Belen; Giddy, Janet; Hoffmann, Christopher J; Lessells, Richard; Maskew, Mhairi; Prozesky, Hans; Wood, Robin; Johnson, Leigh F; +4 more... Egger, Matthias; Boulle, Andrew; Myer, Landon; International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern; (2012) Gender differences in survival among adult patients starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a multicentre cohort study. PLoS medicine, 9 (9). e1001304-. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001304

Hontelez, Jan Ac; Newell, Marie-Louise; Bland, Ruth M; Munnelly, Kristen; Lessells, Richard J; Bärnighausen, Till; (2012) Human resources needs for universal access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a time and motion study. Human resources for health, 10 (1). 39-. ISSN 1478-4491 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-10-39

Lessells, RJ; Katzenstein, DK; de Oliveira, T; (2012) Are subtype differences important in HIV drug resistance? Current opinion in virology, 2 (5). pp. 636-643. ISSN 1879-6257 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2012.08.006

Cooke, Graham S; Beaton, R Kate; Lessells, Richard J; John, Laurence; Ashworth, Simon; Kon, Onn Min; Williams, O Martin; Supply, P; Moodley, P; Pym, Alexander S; (2011) International spread of MDR TB from Tugela Ferry, South Africa. Emerging infectious diseases, 17 (11). pp. 2035-2037. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110291

Lessells, Richard J; Cooke, Graham S; Newell, Marie-Louise; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; (2011) Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics: establishing an evidence base around the public health impact. The Journal of infectious diseases, 204 Su (Suppl). S1187-S1195. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir412

Lessells, Richard J; Mutevedzi, Portia C; Cooke, Graham S; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2011) Retention in HIV care for individuals not yet eligible for antiretroviral therapy: rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 56 (3). e79-e86. ISSN 1525-4135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182075ae2

Lessells, Richard J; Mutevedzi, Portia C; Heller, Tom; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2011) Poor long-term outcomes for cryptococcal meningitis in rural South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 101 (4). pp. 251-252. ISSN 0256-9574 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/samj.4378

Mutevedzi, Portia C; Lessells, Richard J; Rodger, Alison J; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2011) Association of age with mortality and virological and immunological response to antiretroviral therapy in rural South African adults. PloS one, 6 (7). e21795-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021795

Heller, T; Lessells, RJ; Wallrauch, CG; Bärnighausen, T; Cooke, GS; Mhlongo, L; Master, I; Newell, ML; (2010) Community-based treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 14 (4). pp. 420-426. ISSN 1027-3719 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2718

Heller, Tom; Wallrauch, Claudia; Lessells, Richard J; Goblirsch, Sam; Brunetti, Enrico; (2010) Short course for focused assessment with sonography for human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis: preliminary results in a rural setting in South Africa with high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 82 (3). pp. 512-515. ISSN 0002-9637 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0561

Houlihan, Catherine F; Bland, Ruth M; Mutevedzi, Portia C; Lessells, Richard J; Ndirangu, James; Thulare, Hilary; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2010) Cohort profile: Hlabisa HIV treatment and care programme. International journal of epidemiology, 40 (2). pp. 318-326. ISSN 0300-5771 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyp402

Houlihan, Catherine F; Mutevedzi, Portia C; Lessells, Richard J; Cooke, Graham S; Tanser, Frank C; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2010) The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme. BMC infectious diseases, 10 (1). 23-. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-23

Lightowler, Josephine VJ; Cooke, Graham S; Mutevedzi, Portia; Lessells, Richard J; Newell, Marie-Louise; Dedicoat, Martin; (2010) Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PloS one, 5 (1). e8630-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008630

Mutevedzi, Portia C; Lessells, Richard J; Heller, Tom; Bärnighausen, Till; Cooke, Graham S; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2010) Scale-up of a decentralized HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: does rapid expansion affect patient outcomes? Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88 (8). pp. 593-600. ISSN 0042-9686 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.09.069419

Wallrauch, Claudia; Heller, Tom; Lessells, Richard; Kekana, Mmabatho; Barnighausen, Till; Newell, Marie-Louise; (2010) High uptake of HIV testing for tuberculosis patients in an integrated primary health care HIV/TB programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal. South African Medical Journal, 100 (3). pp. 146-147. ISSN 0256-9574 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/samj.3898

Franey, Cara; Knott, Deborah; Barnighausen, Till; Dedicoat, Martin; Adam, Ahmed; Lessells, Richard J; Newell, Marie-Louise; Cooke, Graham S; (2009) Renal impairment in a rural African antiretroviral programme. BMC infectious diseases, 9 (1). 143-. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-143

Lessells, Richard J; Cooke, Graham S; (2008) Effect of the HIV epidemic on liver cancer in Africa. Lancet, 371 (9623). 1504-. ISSN 0140-6736 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60652-2 Full text not available from this repository.

Lessells, Richard J; Main, Janice; Cooke, Graham S; (2008) HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Africa. The Lancet infectious diseases, 8 (4). pp. 210-211. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70047-1 Full text not available from this repository.