Kavindhran Velen

Affiliations

Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, NSW, 2006, Australia.

Publications (32)

Implementing tuberculosis preventive treatment in high-prevalence settings.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Avec: Greg J Fox , Thu Anh Nguyen , Mikaela Coleman , Anete Trajman , Kavindhran Velen , Ben J Marais

Individualised treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in New South Wales, Australia.

Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

Avec: Vicky Chang , Raphael Ling , Kavindhran Velen , Greg Fox

Predictors of treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC infectious diseases

Avec: Ian Wrohan , Thu Anh Nguyen , Viet Nhung Nguyen , Binh Hoa Nguyen , Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang , Phuong Chi Nguyen , Kavindhran Velen , Guy Barrington Marks , Greg James Fox

Preventive Treatment for Household Contacts of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Patients.

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

Avec: Nicole Salazar-Austin , Christiaan Mulder , Graeme Hoddinott , Theresa Ryckman , Colleen F Hanrahan , Kavindhran Velen , Lucy Chimoyi , Salome Charalambous , Violet N Chihota

"Knock Knock": a qualitative study exploring the experience of household contacts on home visits and their attitude towards people living with TB in South Africa.

BMC public health

Avec: Farzana Sathar , Kavindhran Velen , Meaghan Peterson , Salome Charalambous , Candice M Chetty-Makkan

Data quality assessment of a South African electronic registry for drug-resistant TB, 2015-2016.

Public health action

Avec: R Manesen , K A Mekler , T R Molobi , A A Tyiki , M J Madlavu , K Velen , S Charalambous , Y F van der Heijden

Risk Factors for Tuberculosis (TB) Among Household Contacts of Patients With Smear-Positive TB in 8 Provinces of Vietnam: A Nested Case-Control Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Avec: Kavindhran Velen , Nguyen Viet Nhung , Nguyen Thu Anh , Pham Duc Cuong , Nguyen Binh Hoa , Nguyen Kim Cuong , Nguyen Huy Dung , Dinh Ngoc Sy , Warwick John Britton , Guy Barrington Marks , Greg James Fox

Evaluation of adherence monitoring system using evriMED with a differentiated response compared to standard of care among drug-sensitive TB patients in three provinces in South Africa: a protocol for a cluster randomised control trial.

Trials

Avec: Noriah Maraba , Catherine Orrell , Candice M Chetty-Makkan , Kavindhran Velen , Rachel Mukora , Liesl Page-Shipp , Pren Naidoo , M Thulani Mbatha , Katherine L Fielding , Salome Charalambous

Designing molecular diagnostics for current tuberculosis drug regimens.

Emerging microbes & infections

Avec: Sophia B Georghiou , Margaretha de Vos , Kavindhran Velen , Paolo Miotto , Rebecca E Colman , Daniela Maria Cirillo , Nazir Ismail , Timothy C Rodwell , Anita Suresh , Morten Ruhwald

Latent tuberculosis infection among contacts of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in New South Wales, Australia.

ERJ open research

Avec: Vicky Chang , Raphael Hongxi Ling , Kavindhran Velen , Greg J Fox

The effectiveness of contact investigation among contacts of tuberculosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The European respiratory journal

Avec: Kavindhran Velen , Rashmi Vijay Shingde , Jennifer Ho , Greg James Fox

Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa.

PloS one

Avec: Candice M Chetty-Makkan , Daniel deSanto , Richard Lessells , Salome Charalambous , Kavindhran Velen , Sewele Makgopa , Dumile Gumede , Katherine Fielding , Alison D Grant

Harnessing new mHealth technologies to Strengthen the Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam (V-SMART trial): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

BMJ open

Avec: Kavindhran Velen , Viet Nhung Nguyen , Binh Hoa Nguyen , Tho Dang , Hoang Anh Nguyen , Dinh Hoa Vu , Thu Thuong Do , Cuong Pham Duc , Huu Lan Nguyen , Huu Thuong Pham , Ben J Marais , James Johnston , Warwick Britton , Justin Beardsley , Joel Negin , Virginia Wiseman , Guy Barrington Marks , Thu Anh Nguyen , Greg J Fox

Monocyte Transcriptional Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Associate with Resistance to Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Release Assay Conversion.

mSphere

Avec: Jason D Simmons , Kimberly A Dill-McFarland , Catherine M Stein , Phu T Van , Violet Chihota , Thobani Ntshiqa , Pholo Maenetje , Glenna J Peterson , Penelope Benchek , Mary Nsereko , Kavindhran Velen , Katherine L Fielding , Alison D Grant , Raphael Gottardo , Harriet Mayanja-Kizza , Robert S Wallis , Gavin Churchyard , W Henry Boom , Thomas R Hawn

Prioritizing persons deprived of liberty in global guidelines for tuberculosis preventive treatment.

PLoS medicine

Avec: Aditya Narayan , Argita D Salindri , Salmaan Keshavjee , Monde Muyoyeta , Kavindhran Velen , Zulma V Rueda , Julio Croda , Salome Charalambous , Alberto L García-Basteiro , Sheela V Shenoi , Crhistinne C M Gonçalves , Liliane Ferreira da Silva , Lia G Possuelo , Sarita Aguirre , Gladys Estigarribia , Guillermo Sequera , Louis Grandjean , Lily Telisinghe , Michael E Herce , Fernanda Dockhorn , Frederick L Altice , Jason R Andrews

A pilot cross-sectional study of non-communicable diseases in TB household contacts.

IJTLD open

Avec: Y Hamada , A Lugendo , T Ntshiqa , G Kubeka , J M Lalashowi , S Mwastaula , K Ntshamane , I Sabi , S Wilson , A Copas , K Velen , N E Ntinginya , L T Minja , I Abubakar , S Charalambous , M X Rangaka

Levofloxacin versus placebo for the treatment of latent tuberculosis among contacts of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (the VQUIN MDR trial): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

BMJ open

Avec: Greg J Fox , Cam Binh Nguyen , Thu Anh Nguyen , Phuong Thuy Tran , Ben J Marais , Steve M Graham , Binh Hoa Nguyen , Kavi Velen , David W Dowdy , Paul Mason , Warwick J Britton , Marcel A Behr , Andrea Benedetti , Dick Menzies , Viet Nhung Nguyen , Guy B Marks

Standardised patient study to assess tuberculosis case detection within the private pharmacy sector in Vietnam.

BMJ global health

Avec: Shukry Zawahir , Hien Le , Thu Anh Nguyen , Justin Beardsley , Anh Dang Duc , Sarah Bernays , Kerri Viney , Thai Cao Hung , Shannon McKinn , Hoang Huy Tran , Son Nguyen Tu , Kavindhran Velen , Tan Luong Minh , Hung Tran Thi Mai , Nhung Nguyen Viet , Ha Nguyen Viet , Van Nguyen Thi Cam , Thanh Nguyen Trung , Stephen Jan , Ben J Marais , Joel Negin , Guy B Marks , Gregory Fox

Performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for Diagnosing Tuberculosis Among Symptomatic Household Contacts of Index Patients in South Africa.

Open forum infectious diseases

Avec: Kavindhran Velen , Laura J Podewils , N Sarita Shah , James J Lewis , Tiro Dinake , Gavin J Churchyard , Mary Reichler , Salome Charalambous

Digital Chest Radiography Enhances Screening Efficiency for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Primary Health Clinics in South Africa.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Avec: Nishila Moodley , Kavindhran Velen , Amashnee Saimen , Noor Zakhura , Gavin Churchyard , Salome Charalambous

Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among highly TB exposed South African gold miners.

PloS one

Avec: Violet N Chihota , Thobani Ntshiqa , Pholo Maenetje , Raoul Mansukhani , Kavindhran Velen , Thomas R Hawn , Robert Wallis , Alison D Grant , Gavin J Churchyard , Katherine Fielding

Qualitative study exploring the feasibility of using medication monitors and a differentiated care approach to support adherence among people receiving TB treatment in South Africa.

BMJ open

Avec: Rachel Mukora , Noriah Maraba , Catherine Orrell , Lauren Jennings , Pren Naidoo , M Thulani Mbatha , Kavindhran Velen , Katherine Fielding , Salome Charalambous , Candice Maylene Chetty-Makkan

A qualitative exploration into the presence of TB stigmatization across three districts in South Africa.

BMC public health

Avec: Daniel DeSanto , Kavindhran Velen , Richard Lessells , Sewele Makgopa , Dumile Gumede , Katherine Fielding , Alison D Grant , Salome Charalambous , Candice M Chetty-Makkan

Treatment adherence and clinical outcomes amongst in people with drug-susceptible tuberculosis using medication monitor and differentiated care approach compared with standard of care in South Africa: a cluster randomized trial.

EClinicalMedicine

Avec: Salome Charalambous , Noriah Maraba , Lauren Jennings , Israel Rabothata , Dolphina Cogill , Rachel Mukora , Piotr Hippner , Pren Naidoo , Nokhanyo Xaba , Lihle Mchunu , Kavindhran Velen , Catherine Orrell , Katherine L Fielding

An ecological study to evaluate the association of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on cases of SARS-CoV2 infection and mortality from COVID-19.

PloS one

Avec: Lucy Chimoyi , Kavindhran Velen , Gavin J Churchyard , Robert Wallis , James J Lewis , Salome Charalambous

Monocyte metabolic transcriptional programs associate with resistance to tuberculin skin test/interferon-γ release assay conversion.

The Journal of clinical investigation

Avec: Jason D Simmons , Phu T Van , Catherine M Stein , Violet Chihota , Thobani Ntshiqa , Pholo Maenetje , Glenna J Peterson , Anthony Reynolds , Penelope Benchek , Kavindhran Velen , Katherine L Fielding , Alison D Grant , Andrew D Graustein , Felicia K Nguyen , Chetan Seshadri , Raphael Gottardo , Harriet Mayanja-Kizza , Robert S Wallis , Gavin Churchyard , W Henry Boom , Thomas R Hawn

Smoking behaviour, tobacco sales and tobacco advertising at 40 'Smoke Free Hospitals' in Vietnam.

Tobacco control

Avec: Joshua David Merritt , Pham Ngoc Yen , Nguyen Thu-Anh , Chau Quy Ngo , Vu Van Giap , Nguyen Viet Nhung , Bui Thi Ha , Ma Thu Thuy , Nguyen Thuy Anh , Nguyen Thuy An , Guy Barrington Marks , Joel Negin , Kavindhran Velen , Greg James Fox

Acceptability of using the medication monitor and experience of a differentiated care approach for TB treatment adherence among people living with TB in South Africa.

PLOS global public health

Avec: Rachel Mukora , Barack Ahumah , Noriah Maraba , Catherine Orrell , Lauren Jennings , Pren Naidoo , Katherine L Fielding , Kavindhran Velen , Salome Charalambous , Candice M Chetty-Makkan

mHealth application for improving treatment outcomes for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: an economic evaluation protocol for the V-SMART trial.

BMJ open

Avec: Qinglu Cheng , Tho Dang , Thu-Anh Nguyen , Kavindhran Velen , Viet Nhung Nguyen , Binh Hoa Nguyen , Dinh Hoa Vu , Chuong Huynh Long , Thu Thuong Do , Truong-Minh Vu , Guy B Marks , Manisha Yapa , Gregory J Fox , Virginia Wiseman

Scaling up evidence-based approaches to tuberculosis screening in prisons.

The Lancet. Public health

Avec: Salome Charalambous , Kavindhran Velen , Zulma Rueda , Julio Croda , Michael E Herce , Sheela V Shenoi , Frederick L Altice , Monde Muyoyeta , Lily Telisinghe , Louis Grandjean , Salmaan Keshavjee , Jason R Andrews

Human resource time commitments and associated costs of Community Caregiver outreach team operations in South Africa.

PloS one

Avec: Rachel Mukora , Ryan R Thompson , Piotr Hippner , Resignation Pelusa , Martha Mothibi , Richard Lessells , Alison D Grant , Katherine Fielding , Kavindhran Velen , Salome Charalambous , David W Dowdy , Hojoon Sohn

Using mHealth Technologies for Case Finding in Tuberculosis and Other Infectious Diseases in Africa: Systematic Review.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Avec: Don Lawrence Mudzengi , Herbert Chomutare , Jeniffer Nagudi , Thobani Ntshiqa , J Lucian Davis , Salome Charalambous , Kavindhran Velen

Réseau de co-auteurs

Salome Charalambous 15 collaborations

Alison D Grant 6 collaborations

Thu Anh Nguyen 5 collaborations

Candice M Chetty-Makkan 5 collaborations

Rachel Mukora 5 collaborations

Katherine L Fielding 5 collaborations

Katherine Fielding 5 collaborations

Greg J Fox 4 collaborations

Ben J Marais 4 collaborations

Viet Nhung Nguyen 4 collaborations

Binh Hoa Nguyen 4 collaborations

Guy Barrington Marks 4 collaborations

Greg James Fox 4 collaborations

Noriah Maraba 4 collaborations

Catherine Orrell 4 collaborations

Pren Naidoo 4 collaborations

Thobani Ntshiqa 4 collaborations

Richard Lessells 3 collaborations

Joel Negin 3 collaborations

Pholo Maenetje 3 collaborations

Gavin Churchyard 3 collaborations

Thomas R Hawn 3 collaborations

Guy B Marks 3 collaborations

Gavin J Churchyard 3 collaborations

Lauren Jennings 3 collaborations

Vicky Chang 2 collaborations

Lucy Chimoyi 2 collaborations

Violet N Chihota 2 collaborations

K Velen 2 collaborations

S Charalambous 2 collaborations

Nguyen Viet Nhung 2 collaborations

M Thulani Mbatha 2 collaborations

Sewele Makgopa 2 collaborations

Dumile Gumede 2 collaborations

Tho Dang 2 collaborations

Dinh Hoa Vu 2 collaborations

Thu Thuong Do 2 collaborations

Justin Beardsley 2 collaborations

Virginia Wiseman 2 collaborations

Jason D Simmons 2 collaborations

Catherine M Stein 2 collaborations

Phu T Van 2 collaborations

Violet Chihota 2 collaborations

Glenna J Peterson 2 collaborations

Penelope Benchek 2 collaborations

Raphael Gottardo 2 collaborations

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza 2 collaborations

Robert S Wallis 2 collaborations

W Henry Boom 2 collaborations

Salmaan Keshavjee 2 collaborations

Monde Muyoyeta 2 collaborations

Julio Croda 2 collaborations

Sheela V Shenoi 2 collaborations

Louis Grandjean 2 collaborations

Lily Telisinghe 2 collaborations

Michael E Herce 2 collaborations

Frederick L Altice 2 collaborations

Jason R Andrews 2 collaborations

David W Dowdy 2 collaborations

James J Lewis 2 collaborations

Robert Wallis 2 collaborations

Piotr Hippner 2 collaborations

Mikaela Coleman 1 collaboration

Anete Trajman 1 collaboration

Raphael Ling 1 collaboration

Greg Fox 1 collaboration

Ian Wrohan 1 collaboration

Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang 1 collaboration

Phuong Chi Nguyen 1 collaboration

Nicole Salazar-Austin 1 collaboration

Christiaan Mulder 1 collaboration

Graeme Hoddinott 1 collaboration

Theresa Ryckman 1 collaboration

Colleen F Hanrahan 1 collaboration

Farzana Sathar 1 collaboration

Meaghan Peterson 1 collaboration

R Manesen 1 collaboration

K A Mekler 1 collaboration

T R Molobi 1 collaboration

A A Tyiki 1 collaboration

M J Madlavu 1 collaboration

Y F van der Heijden 1 collaboration

Nguyen Thu Anh 1 collaboration

Pham Duc Cuong 1 collaboration

Nguyen Binh Hoa 1 collaboration

Nguyen Kim Cuong 1 collaboration

Nguyen Huy Dung 1 collaboration

Dinh Ngoc Sy 1 collaboration

Warwick John Britton 1 collaboration

Liesl Page-Shipp 1 collaboration

Sophia B Georghiou 1 collaboration

Margaretha de Vos 1 collaboration

Paolo Miotto 1 collaboration

Rebecca E Colman 1 collaboration

Daniela Maria Cirillo 1 collaboration

Nazir Ismail 1 collaboration

Timothy C Rodwell 1 collaboration

Anita Suresh 1 collaboration

Morten Ruhwald 1 collaboration

Raphael Hongxi Ling 1 collaboration

Rashmi Vijay Shingde 1 collaboration

Jennifer Ho 1 collaboration

Daniel deSanto 1 collaboration

Hoang Anh Nguyen 1 collaboration

Cuong Pham Duc 1 collaboration

Huu Lan Nguyen 1 collaboration

Huu Thuong Pham 1 collaboration

James Johnston 1 collaboration

Warwick Britton 1 collaboration

Kimberly A Dill-McFarland 1 collaboration

Mary Nsereko 1 collaboration

Aditya Narayan 1 collaboration

Argita D Salindri 1 collaboration

Zulma V Rueda 1 collaboration

Alberto L García-Basteiro 1 collaboration

Crhistinne C M Gonçalves 1 collaboration

Liliane Ferreira da Silva 1 collaboration

Lia G Possuelo 1 collaboration

Sarita Aguirre 1 collaboration

Gladys Estigarribia 1 collaboration

Guillermo Sequera 1 collaboration

Fernanda Dockhorn 1 collaboration

Y Hamada 1 collaboration

A Lugendo 1 collaboration

T Ntshiqa 1 collaboration

G Kubeka 1 collaboration

J M Lalashowi 1 collaboration

S Mwastaula 1 collaboration

K Ntshamane 1 collaboration

I Sabi 1 collaboration

S Wilson 1 collaboration

A Copas 1 collaboration

N E Ntinginya 1 collaboration

L T Minja 1 collaboration

I Abubakar 1 collaboration

M X Rangaka 1 collaboration

Cam Binh Nguyen 1 collaboration

Phuong Thuy Tran 1 collaboration

Steve M Graham 1 collaboration

Kavi Velen 1 collaboration

Paul Mason 1 collaboration

Warwick J Britton 1 collaboration

Marcel A Behr 1 collaboration

Andrea Benedetti 1 collaboration

Dick Menzies 1 collaboration

Shukry Zawahir 1 collaboration

Hien Le 1 collaboration

Anh Dang Duc 1 collaboration

Sarah Bernays 1 collaboration

Kerri Viney 1 collaboration

Thai Cao Hung 1 collaboration

Shannon McKinn 1 collaboration

Hoang Huy Tran 1 collaboration

Son Nguyen Tu 1 collaboration

Tan Luong Minh 1 collaboration

Hung Tran Thi Mai 1 collaboration

Nhung Nguyen Viet 1 collaboration

Ha Nguyen Viet 1 collaboration

Van Nguyen Thi Cam 1 collaboration

Thanh Nguyen Trung 1 collaboration

Stephen Jan 1 collaboration

Gregory Fox 1 collaboration

Laura J Podewils 1 collaboration

N Sarita Shah 1 collaboration

Tiro Dinake 1 collaboration

Mary Reichler 1 collaboration

Nishila Moodley 1 collaboration

Amashnee Saimen 1 collaboration

Noor Zakhura 1 collaboration

Raoul Mansukhani 1 collaboration

Candice Maylene Chetty-Makkan 1 collaboration

Daniel DeSanto 1 collaboration

Israel Rabothata 1 collaboration

Dolphina Cogill 1 collaboration

Nokhanyo Xaba 1 collaboration

Lihle Mchunu 1 collaboration

Anthony Reynolds 1 collaboration

Andrew D Graustein 1 collaboration

Felicia K Nguyen 1 collaboration

Chetan Seshadri 1 collaboration

Joshua David Merritt 1 collaboration

Pham Ngoc Yen 1 collaboration

Nguyen Thu-Anh 1 collaboration

Chau Quy Ngo 1 collaboration

Vu Van Giap 1 collaboration

Bui Thi Ha 1 collaboration

Ma Thu Thuy 1 collaboration

Nguyen Thuy Anh 1 collaboration

Nguyen Thuy An 1 collaboration

Barack Ahumah 1 collaboration

Qinglu Cheng 1 collaboration

Thu-Anh Nguyen 1 collaboration

Chuong Huynh Long 1 collaboration

Truong-Minh Vu 1 collaboration

Manisha Yapa 1 collaboration

Gregory J Fox 1 collaboration

Zulma Rueda 1 collaboration

Ryan R Thompson 1 collaboration

Resignation Pelusa 1 collaboration

Martha Mothibi 1 collaboration

Hojoon Sohn 1 collaboration

Don Lawrence Mudzengi 1 collaboration

Herbert Chomutare 1 collaboration

Jeniffer Nagudi 1 collaboration

J Lucian Davis 1 collaboration