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Dr Maria Ruperez

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Research

Research Area
Child health
Clinical care
Global Health
Maternal health
Public health
Epidemiology
Medicine
Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Tropical diseases
Tuberculosis
Country
Mozambique
South Africa
Zambia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Evaluation of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing in Lesotho and Zambia.
Bresser, M; Erhardt, RM; Shanaube, K; Simwinga, M; Mahlatsi, PA; Belus, J; SCHAAP, A; Amstutz, A; GACHIE, T; Glass, TR; Kangololo, B; 'Mota, J; FLOYD, S; Katende, B; Klinkenberg, E; AYLES, H; Reither, K; RUPEREZ, M;
2024
PloS One
Prevalence and risk factors of M tuberculosis infection in young people across 14 communities in Zambia and South Africa.
Amofa-Sekyi, M; SCHAAP, A; Mureithi, L; Kosloff, B; Cheeba, M; Kangololo, B; Vermaak, R; Paulsen, R; RUPEREZ, M; FLOYD, S; De Haas, P; Fidler, S; HAYES, R; AYLES, H; Shanaube, K; TREATS study team,;
2023
PLOS global public health
Tuberculosis prevalence after 4 years of population-wide systematic TB symptom screening and universal testing and treatment for HIV in the HPTN 071 (PopART) community-randomised trial in Zambia and South Africa: A cross-sectional survey (TREATS).
Klinkenberg, E; FLOYD, S; Shanaube, K; Mureithi, L; GACHIE, T; De Haas, P; Kosloff, B; Dodd, PJ; RUPEREZ, M; Wapamesa, C; Burnett, JM; Kalisvaart, N; Kasese, N; Vermaak, R; SCHAAP, A; Fidler, S; HAYES, R; AYLES, H; TREATS study team,;
2023
PLoS medicine
Assessment of non-tuberculosis abnormalities on digital chest x-rays with high CAD4TB scores from a tuberculosis prevalence survey in Zambia and South Africa.
Ngosa, D; Moonga, G; Shanaube, K; Jacobs, C; RUPEREZ, M; Kasese, N; Klinkenberg, E; SCHAAP, A; Mureithi, L; FLOYD, S; Fidler, S; Sichizya, V; Maleya, A; AYLES, H;
2023
BMC infectious diseases
Creating access to SARS-CoV-2 screening and testing through community-based COVID-19 case-finding, observations from cross-sectional studies in Lesotho and Zambia.
Klinkenberg, E; Katende, B; RUPEREZ, M; Bresser, M; Kangololo, B; Bwalya, J; Erhardt, RM; SCHAAP, A; Kasese, N; Gatchie, T; FLOYD, S; 'Mota, MJ; AYLES, H; Shanaube, K; Reither, K;
2023
BMC public health
The impact of a combined TB/HIV intervention on the incidence of TB infection among adolescents and young adults in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial communities in Zambia and South Africa.
Shanaube, K; SCHAAP, A; Mureithi, L; Amofa-Sekyi, M; Paulsen, R; Cheeba, M; Kangololo, B; Vermaak, R; Sisam, C; Kosloff, B; De Haas, P; Fidler, S; RUPEREZ, M; HAYES, R; FLOYD, S; AYLES, H; TREATS Study Team,;
2023
PLOS global public health
Prevalence of and risk factors for microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infections in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Van Eijk, AM; Stepniewska, K; Hill, J; Taylor, SM; Rogerson, SJ; Cottrell, G; CHICO, RM; Gutman, JR; Tinto, H; Unger, HW; Yanow, SK; Meshnick, SR; Ter Kuile, FO; Mayor, A; Subpatent Malaria in Pregnancy Group,;
2023
The Lancet Global health
Use of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing for screening of tuberculosis in the community in high-burden settings: a prospective, cross-sectional study in Zambia and South Africa.
RUPEREZ, M; Shanaube, K; Mureithi, L; Wapamesa, C; Burnett, MJ; Kosloff, B; De Haas, P; HAYES, R; Fidler, S; GACHIE, T; SCHAAP, A; FLOYD, S; Klinkenberg, E; AYLES, H; TREATS study team,;
2023
The Lancet. Global health
Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa.
FLOYD, S; Klinkenberg, E; De Haas, P; Kosloff, B; GACHIE, T; Dodd, PJ; RUPEREZ, M; Wapamesa, C; Burnett, MJ; Kalisvaart, N; Vermaak, R; Mainga, T; SCHAAP, A; Fidler, S; Mureithi, L; Shanaube, K; HAYES, R; AYLES, H; TREATS study team,;
2022
BMJ Open
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and associated risk factors in periurban Zambia: a population-based study.
Shanaube, K; SCHAAP, A; Klinkenberg, E; FLOYD, S; Bwalya, J; Cheeba, M; De Haas, P; Kosloff, B; RUPEREZ, M; HAYES, R; AYLES, H;
2022
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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