Induction of Granulysin and Perforin Cytolytic Mediator Expression in 10-Week-Old Infants Vaccinated with BCG at Birth by Patricia L. Semple, Marcia Watkins, Virginia Davids, Alan M. Krensky, Willem A. Hanekom, Gilla Kaplan, Stanley Ress

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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. by Ronel Sewpaul, Stephen Olivier, Hloniphile Ngubane, Thando Zulu, Mareca Sithole, Vukuzazi Team, Willem A Hanekom, Gina Kruse, Nancy A Rigotti, Mark J Siedner, Emily B Wong, Krishna P Reddy

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Subclinical tuberculosis linkage to care and completion of treatment following community-based screening in rural South Africa by Zolelwa Sifumba, Helgard Claassen, Stephen Olivier, Palwasha Khan, Hloniphile Ngubane, Thokozani Bhengu, Thando Zulu, Mareca Sithole, Dickman Gareta, Vukuzazi Team, Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa, Willem A. Hanekom, Ingrid V. Bassett, Emily B. Wong

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Identification and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa by Wynand J. Goosen, Sashen Moodley, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Yumna Moosa, Thando Zulu, Theresa Smit, Leanie Kleynhans, Tanya J. Kerr, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Willem A. Hanekom, Robin M. Warren, Emily B. Wong, Michele A. Miller

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Association between tobacco smoking and prevalence of HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa: a cross-sectional study by Glory Chidumwa, Stephen Olivier, Hloniphile Ngubane, Thando Zulu, Mareca Sithole, Resign Gunda, The Vukuzazi Team, Ronel Sewpaul, Gina Kruse, Nancy A. Rigotti, Willem A. Hanekom, Mark J. Siedner, Krishna P. Reddy, Emily B. Wong

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A Quantitative Analysis of Complexity of Human Pathogen-Specific CD4 T Cell Responses in Healthy M. tuberculosis Infected South Africans. by Cecilia S Lindestam Arlehamn, Denise M McKinney, Chelsea Carpenter, Sinu Paul, Virginie Rozot, Edward Makgotlho, Yolande Gregg, Michele van Rooyen, Joel D Ernst, Mark Hatherill, Willem A Hanekom, Bjoern Peters, Thomas J Scriba, Alessandro Sette

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Newborn bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination induces robust infant interferon-γ-expressing natural killer cell responses to mycobacteria by Melissa Murphy, Sara Suliman, Libby Briel, Helen Veldtsman, Nondumiso Khomba, Hadn Africa, Marcia Steyn, Candice I. Snyders, Ilana C. van Rensburg, Gerhard Walzl, Novel N. Chegou, Mark Hatherill, Willem A. Hanekom, Thomas J. Scriba, Elisa Nemes

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Association of human TLR1 and TLR6 deficiency with altered immune responses to BCG vaccination in South African infants. by April Kaur Randhawa, Muki S Shey, Alana Keyser, Blas Peixoto, Richard D Wells, Marwou de Kock, Lesedi Lerumo, Jane Hughes, Gregory Hussey, Anthony Hawkridge, Gilla Kaplan, Willem A Hanekom, Thomas R Hawn, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative Team

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HIV Infection Is Associated With Downregulation of BTLA Expression on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific CD4 T Cells in Active Tuberculosis Disease by Morgan S. Barham, Deborah A. Abrahams, Jeremiah Khayumbi, Joshua Ongalo, Joan Tonui, Angela Campbell, Marwou de Kock, Samuel Gurrion Ouma, Felix Hayara Odhiambo, Willem A. Hanekom, Neel R. Gandhi, Neel R. Gandhi, Cheryl L. Day, Cheryl L. Day

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HIV, multimorbidity, and health-related quality of life in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based study. by Amelia M Stanton, Ryan L Boyd, Conall O'Cleirigh, Stephen Olivier, Brett Dolotina, Resign Gunda, Olivier Koole, Dickman Gareta, Tshwaraganang H Modise, Zahra Reynolds, Thandeka Khoza, Kobus Herbst, Thumbi Ndung'u, Willem A Hanekom, Emily B Wong, Deenan Pillay, Mark J Siedner, Vukuzazi Study Team

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Sequential inflammatory processes define human progression from M. tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease. by Thomas J Scriba, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Smitha Shankar, Tom Hraha, Ethan G Thompson, David Sterling, Elisa Nemes, Fatoumatta Darboe, Sara Suliman, Lynn M Amon, Hassan Mahomed, Mzwandile Erasmus, Wendy Whatney, John L Johnson, W Henry Boom, Mark Hatherill, Joe Valvo, Mary Ann De Groote, Urs A Ochsner, Alan Aderem, Willem A Hanekom, Daniel E Zak, other members of the ACS cohort study team

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