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Dr Alvaro Schwalb

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a research degree student and research assistant focusing on the study of tuberculosis through mathematical modelling.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

I am a tutor in some Distance Learning modules at LSHTM, including Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (EPM301) and Epidemiology and Modelling and the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (EPM302).

Research

Research Area
Mathematical modelling
Statistical methods
Disease and Health Conditions
Tuberculosis
Infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases
Country
Peru
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Schwalb and Houben Respond to "The Winding Road to ARTI".
SCHWALB, A; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2023
American journal of epidemiology
Impact of micro- and macronutrient status on the incidence of tuberculosis: An examination of an African cohort initiating antiretroviral therapy.
SCHWALB, A; Bergstrom, M; Woodd, S; Rehman, AM; PrayGod, G; Kasonka, L; Koethe, JR; Filteau, S; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2023
PLOS global public health
Impact of Reversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Immunoreactivity Tests on the Estimated Annual Risk of Tuberculosis Infection.
SCHWALB, A; Emery, JC; Dale, KD; HORTON, KC; Ugarte-Gil, CA; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2023
American journal of epidemiology
Use of chest radiography screening for TB: a re-evaluation of the Kolín study.
SCHWALB, A; EMERY, JC; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2022
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Tuberculosis and incarceration: uncovering the broader picture.
SCHWALB, A; Goscé, L; Houben, R;
2024
The Lancet. Public health
Subnational tuberculosis burden estimation for Pakistan.
SCHWALB, A; Samad, Z; Yaqoob, A; Fatima, R; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2024
PLOS global public health
Estimating the impact of tuberculosis pathways on transmission - what is the gap left by passive case-finding?
HORTON, KC; McCaffrey, T; RICHARDS, AS; SCHWALB, A; HOUBEN, RM G J;
2024
The Journal of infectious diseases
Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950-1963: an epidemiological analysis of historical data
MacPherson, P; Stagg, H; SCHWALB, A; Henderson, H; Taylor, A; BURKE, R; Rickman, H; Miller, C; HOUBEN, RM G J; Dodd, P; CORBETT, E;
2024
medRxiv
Overlooked, dismissed, and downplayed: reversion of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> immunoreactivity.
Dale, KD; SCHWALB, A; Coussens, AK; Gibney, KB; Abboud, AJ; Watts, K; Denholm, JT;
2024
European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society
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