Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Rolling circle amplification for direct detection of rpoB gene mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from clinical specimens
Published 2014-01-01Rapid and accurate detection of multidrug resistance (MDR) inMycobacterium tuberculosisis essential to improve treatment outcomes and reduce global transmission but remains a challenge. Rifampin (RIF) resistance is a ...Open AccessArticle -
Diversity of group B streptococcus serotypes causing urinary tract infection in adults
Published 2009-01-01Serotypes of group B streptococcus (GBS) that cause urinary tract infection (UTI) are poorly characterized. We conducted a prospective study of GBS UTI in adults to define the clinical and microbiological characteristics ...Open AccessArticle -
Money, morals and the conquest of mortality
Published 2003-01-01I have been asked to speak broadly about the ethics of healthcare, as a background to a discourse of healthcare reform. There seem to be good grounds to pursue reform; and yet there’s been so much that is good that has ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Media ethics and infectious disease
Published 2012-01-01The traditional mass media is a necessary safeguard of human security, yet it can also threaten that security. The mass media has been a primary mode of disseminating information and encouraging debate and critique on ...Open AccessBook chapter -
History and Social Change in Health and Medicine
Published 2010-01-01In general, qualitative research – in health or otherwise – has not paid much attention to history. And why should it? While most qualitative scholars, particularly the more constructivist among us, would naturally acknowledge ...Open AccessBook chapter