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Scopus Author ID: 57209188075
Scopus Author ID: 57213789348

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Tuberculosis, diagnostics, drug resistance

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Pakistan

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Employment (3)

National TB control Program: Islamabad, Federal Capital, PK

2011-01-01 to present | Advisor (National TB reference Laboratory )
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

WHO Pakistan: Islamabad, Federal Capital, PK

2003-12-20 to 2010-12-30 | Programe officer TB laboratories
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Government of Sindh: Karachi, Sindh, PK

1993-12-27 to 2003-12-10 | Pathologist (Department of Health)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Professional activities (1)

World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2021-07-19 to 2024-07-18 | Member WHO Advisory group on Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Laboratory Strengthening
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

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Investigation of bedaquiline heteroresistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan

Microbiology Spectrum
2025-02-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02181-24
Contributors: Faiqa Rashid; Shaukat Iqbal; Sabira Tahseen; Yanlin Zhao; Michael Gordon Whitfield
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Prospective exploratory evaluation of Cepheid Xpert <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> host response cartridge: a focus on adolescents and young adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-09-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae461
Part of ISSN: 1058-4838
Part of ISSN: 1537-6591
Contributors: Marva Seifert; Donald G. Catanzaro; Michael Gracia; Naomi Hillery; Sabira Tahseen; Faisal Masood; Alamdar Hussain; Uzma Majeed; Rebecca E Coleman; Rehan R Syed et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Unveiling the complexity of rifampicin drug susceptibility testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: comparative analysis with next-generation sequencing

Journal of Medical Microbiology
2024-09-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001884
Part of ISSN: 0022-2615
Part of ISSN: 1473-5644
Contributors: Mehmood Qadir; Khan M.T; Sajjad Ahmed Khan; Muhammad Akram; Julio Ortiz Canseco; Rani Faryal; Dongqing Wei; Sabira Tahseen
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Insights into tuberculosis burden in Karachi, Pakistan: A concurrent adult tuberculosis prevalence and child Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection survey

PLOS Global Public Health
2024-08-28 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002155
Part of ISSN: 2767-3375
Contributors: Palwasha Yousafzai Khan; Mohammed Shariq Paracha; Chris Grundy; Falak Madhani; Saadia Saeed; Lamis Maniar; Maqboola Dojki; Liesl Page-Shipp; Nazia Khursheed; waleed rabbani et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

A composite reference standard is needed for bedaquiline antimicrobial susceptibility testing forMycobacterium tuberculosiscomplex

European Respiratory Journal
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00391-2024
Contributors: Claudio U. Köser; Paolo Miotto; Nabila Ismail; Richard M. Anthony; Christian Utpatel; Matthias Merker; Stefan Niemann; Sabira Tahseen; Leen Rigouts; Camilla Rodrigues et al.
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TB drug susceptibility testing in high fluoroquinolone resistance settings

IJTLD OPEN
2024-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0006
Part of ISSN: 3005-7590
Contributors: F. Saluzzo; F. Masood; V. Batignani; F. Di Marco; U. Majeed; A. Ghazal; D.M. Cirillo; S. Tahseen
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Phenotype versus genotype discordant rifampicin susceptibility testing in tuberculosis: implications for a diagnostic accuracy

Microbiology Spectrum
2024-01-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01631-23
Contributors: Mehmood Qadir; Rani Faryal; Muhammad Tahir Khan; Sajjad Ahmed Khan; Shulin Zhang; Weimin Li; Dong Qing Wei; Sabira Tahseen; Timothy D. McHugh; Arryn Craney
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The value of histological examination in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the era of rapid molecular diagnosis

Scientific Reports
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12660-0
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

The 2021 WHO catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex mutations associated with drug resistance: a genotypic analysis

The Lancet Microbe
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(21)00301-3
Part of ISSN: 2666-5247
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Epidemiological cutoff values for a 96-well broth microdilution plate for high-throughput research antibiotic susceptibility testing of <i>M. tuberculosis</i>

European Respiratory Journal
2022-03-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00239-2022
Part of ISSN: 0903-1936
Part of ISSN: 1399-3003
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06086-8
Part of ISSN: 1471-2334
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

In vivo Microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and transient emergence of atpE_Ala63Pro mutation during treatment in a pre-XDR TB patient

European Respiratory Journal
2021-11-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02102-2021
Part of ISSN: 0903-1936
Part of ISSN: 1399-3003
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Predictors of slow clinical response and extended treatment in patients with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan, A hospital-based prospective study

PLOS ONE
2021-11-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259801
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Phenotypic vs. genotypic resistance to fluoroquinolones in rifampicin-resistant TB.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0184
PMID: 34615584
Contributors: Tahseen S; Khanzada FM; Hussain A; Akhtar N
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen via Europe PubMed Central

Bedaquiline Drug Resistance Emergence Assessment in MDR-TB (DREAM): a 5-Year Prospective In-Vitro Surveillance Study of Bedaquiline and Other Second-Line Drug-Susceptibility Testing in MDR-TB Isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2021-10-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02919-20
Part of ISSN: 0095-1137
Part of ISSN: 1098-660X
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Population structure, biogeography and transmissibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Nature Communications
2021-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26248-1
Contributors: Luca Freschi; Roger Vargas, Jr.; Ashaque Husain; S. M. Mostofa Kamal; Alena Skrahina; Sabira Tahseen; Nazir Ismail; Anna Barbova; Stefan Niemann; Daniela Maria Cirillo et al.
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Estimation of country-specific tuberculosis antibiograms using genomic data

2021-09-27 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.23.21263991
Contributors: Avika Dixit; Luca Freschi; Roger Vargas, Jr; Matthias I. Groeschel; Sabira Tahseen; SM Masud Alam; SM Mostofa Kamal; Alena Skrahina; Ramon P. Basilio; Dodge R. Lim et al.
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Detection of active mycobacterium tuberculosis at 6th month exit among declared successfully treated cases in Pakistan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.006
Contributors: Arslan Ahmed Salam; Sabira Tahseen; Rabail Javed; Rafique Ahmed; Tayyaba Rahat; Ahsanullah Mirbahar; M. Adnan; Aftab Khan; Obaidullah; Shakil Ahmed et al.
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Design of Mannose-Coated Rifampicin Nanoparticles Modulating the Immune Response and Rifampicin Induced Hepatotoxicity with Improved Oral Drug Delivery

Arabian Journal of Chemistry
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103321
Part of ISSN: 1878-5352
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Profiling and identification of novel rpoB mutations in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Pakistan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.06.020
Part of ISSN: 1341-321X
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Mycobacterium tuberculosis borderline rpoB mutations: emerging from the unknown

European Respiratory Journal
2021-04-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00783-2021
Part of ISSN: 0903-1936
Part of ISSN: 1399-3003
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Investigating the intracellular bactericidal effects of rifampicin loaded S-protected thiomeric chitosan nanocargoes against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2020.102184
Part of ISSN: 1773-2247
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Prevalence and genetic profiles of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis patients: A multicountry analysis of cross-sectional data

PLoS medicine
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003008
EID:

2-s2.0-85078264022
Contributors: Dean, A.S.; Zignol, M.; Cabibbe, A.M.; Falzon, D.; Glaziou, P.; Cirillo, D.M.; Köser, C.U.; Gonzalez-Angulo, L.Y.; Tosas-Auget, O.; Ismail, N. et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

World Health Organization 2018 treatment guidelines for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: uncertainty, potential risks and the way forward

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.10.003
EID:

2-s2.0-85076025567
Contributors: Van Deun, A.; Decroo, T.; Tahseen, S.; Trébucq, A.; Schwoebel, V.; Ortuno-Gutierrez, N.; de Jong, B.C.; Rieder, H.L.; Piubello, A.; Chiang, C.-Y.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Second-line injectable drugs for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: better the devil we know?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2020-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa489
Part of ISSN: 0305-7453
Part of ISSN: 1460-2091
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Population structure, biogeography and transmissibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2020-09 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.29.293274
OTHER-ID:

PPR220228
Contributors: Freschi L; Vargas R; Hussain A; Kamal SMM; Skrahina A; Tahseen S; Ismail N; Barbova A; Niemann S; Cirillo DM et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Europe PubMed Central

Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19.

PloS one
2020-09-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239328
PMID: 32966321
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Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Characterization of Genomic Variants Associated with Resistance to Bedaquiline and Delamanid in Naive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2020-09-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01304-20
Part of ISSN: 0095-1137
Part of ISSN: 1098-660X
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Implementing universal rifampicin testing for TB in Pakistan: results and implications for the TB response.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0688
PMID: 32912384
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study

PLOS ONE
2020-04-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232134
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen
grade
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Acquisition of Cross-Resistance to Bedaquiline and Clofazimine following Treatment for Tuberculosis in Pakistan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00915-19
EID:

2-s2.0-85071270237
Contributors: Ghodousi, A.; Rizvi, A.H.; Baloch, A.Q.; Ghafoor, A.; Khanzada, F.M.; Qadir, M.; Borroni, E.; Trovato, A.; Tahseen, S.; Cirillo, D.M.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Application of machine learning techniques to tuberculosis drug resistance analysis

Bioinformatics
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty949
EID:

2-s2.0-85069792420
Contributors: Kouchaki, S.; Yang, Y.; Walker, T.M.; Walker, A.S.; Wilson, D.J.; Peto, T.E.A.; Crook, D.W.; Clifton, D.A.; Hoosdally, S.J.; Gibertoni Cruz, A.L. et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Primary drug resistance in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: A hospital-based prospective study from Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0531
EID:

2-s2.0-85072376953
Contributors: Tahseen, S.; Ambreen, A.; Masood, F.; Qadir, M.; Hussain, A.; Jamil, M.; Safdar, N.; Sviland, L.; Mustafa, T.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Sputum smear microscopy in the Xpert® MTB/RIF era

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0553
EID:

2-s2.0-85060398731
Contributors: Van Deun, A.; Tahseen, S.; Affolabi, D.; Hossain, M.A.; Joloba, M.L.; Angra, P.K.; Ridderhof, J.C.; de Jong, B.C.; Rieder, H.L.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Antibiotic resistance prediction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from genome sequence data with Mykrobe [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

2019-12-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15603.1
Part of ISSN: 2398-502X
Contributors: Martin Hunt; Phelim Bradley; Simon Grandjean Lapierre; Simon Heys; Mark Thomsit; Michael B. Hall; Kerri M. Malone; Penelope Wintringer; Timothy M. Walker; Daniela M. Cirillo et al.
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Evaluation of a novel line probe assay to detect resistance to pyrazinamide, a key drug used for tuberculosis treatment

Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.026
EID:

2-s2.0-85025133191
Contributors: Driesen, M.; Kondo, Y.; de Jong, B.C.; Torrea, G.; Asnong, S.; Desmaretz, C.; Mostofa, K.S.M.; Tahseen, S.; Whitfield, M.G.; Cirillo, D.M. et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Genetic sequencing for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis in highly endemic countries: a multi-country population-based surveillance study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30073-2
EID:

2-s2.0-85044251701
Contributors: Zignol, M.; Cabibbe, A.M.; Dean, A.S.; Glaziou, P.; Alikhanova, N.; Ama, C.; Andres, S.; Barbova, A.; Borbe-Reyes, A.; Chin, D.P. et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Prediction of susceptibility to first-line tuberculosis drugs by DNA sequencing

New England Journal of Medicine
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800474
EID:

2-s2.0-85054761925
Contributors: Allix-Béguec, C.; Arandjelovic, I.; Bi, L.; Beckert, P.; Bonnet, M.; Bradley, P.; Cabibbe, A.M.; Cancino-Muñoz, I.; Caulfield, M.J.; Chaiprasert, A. et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Reverse line probe assay for cheap detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.03.007
EID:

2-s2.0-85044927533
Contributors: Yasmin, M.; Refregier, G.; Siddiqui, R.T.; Iqbal, R.; Abbasi, S.A.; Tahseen, S.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Systematic case finding for tuberculosis in HIV-infected people who inject drugs: Experience from Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0390
EID:

2-s2.0-85040794368
Contributors: Tahseen, S.; Shahnawaz, H.; Riaz, U.; Khanzada, F.M.; Hussain, A.; Aslam, W.; Von Euler-Chelpin, M.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Validating a 14-Drug Microtiter Plate Containing Bedaquiline and Delamanid for Large-Scale Research Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
2018-08-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00344-18
PMID: 29941636
PMC: PMC6125532
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Gastric specimens for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults unable to expectorate in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Public health action
2017-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/pha.16.0126
PMID: 28695088
PMC: PMC5493096
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Correspondence

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0009
EID:

2-s2.0-84961687400
Contributors: Angra, P.; Ridderhof, J.; Tahseen, S.; Van Deun, A.
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Fluoroquinolone consumption and -resistance trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other respiratory pathogens: Ecological antibiotic pressure and consequences in Pakistan, 2009–2015

International Journal of Mycobacteriology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.07.008
EID:

2-s2.0-84994632731
Contributors: Shakoor, S.; Tahseen, S.; Jabeen, K.; Fatima, R.; Malik, F.R.; Rizvi, A.H.; Hasan, R.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Population based national tuberculosis prevalence survey among adults (&gt;15 years) in Pakistan, 2010-2011

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148293
EID:

2-s2.0-84959449930
Contributors: Qadeer, E.; Fatima, R.; Yaqoob, A.; Tahseen, S.; Ul Haq, M.; Ghafoor, A.; Asif, M.; Straetemans, M.; Tiemersma, E.W.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Population-based resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fluoroquinolones: results from a multicountry surveillance project

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30190-6
EID:

2-s2.0-84990064441
Contributors: Zignol, M.; Dean, A.S.; Alikhanova, N.; Andres, S.; Cabibbe, A.M.; Cirillo, D.M.; Dadu, A.; Dreyer, A.; Driesen, M.; Gilpin, C. et al.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Use of Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in the first national antituberculosis drug resistance survey in Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0645
EID:

2-s2.0-84961757605
Contributors: Tahseen, S.; Qadeer, E.; Khanzada, F.M.; Rizvi, A.H.; Dean, A.; Van Deun, A.; Zignol, M.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of diagnostic potential of RV3803C and RV2626C recombinant antigens in tb endemic country Pakistan

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2013.824897
EID:

2-s2.0-84890333114
Contributors: Ashraf, S.; Saqib, M.A.N.; Sharif, M.Z.; Khatak, A.A.; Khan, S.N.; Malik, S.A.; Tahseen, S.; Khanum, A.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier

Xpert(®) MTB/RIF under routine conditions in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis: a study in two hospitals in Pakistan.

Public health action
2013-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5588/pha.12.0081
PMID: 26392990
PMC: PMC4463089
Source: Self-asserted source
Sabira Tahseen

Expression and Purification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens for Use in Immunoassays for Serodetection of M. tuberculosis Infection in TB Patients

Pakistan Journal of Zoology
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84855467443
Contributors: Awan, I.N.; Ali Rizvi, S.K.; Nadeem Saqib, M.A.; Shahzad, M.I.; Khattak, A.A.; Tahseen, S.; Khan, I.H.; Ravindran, R.; Luciw, P.A.; Khanum, A.
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Sabira Tahseen via Scopus - Elsevier
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