Gerhard Walzl

South African Medical Research Council — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

75h-index19.7kcitations423works6.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology(288), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis(154), Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis(78), Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis(59), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment(45)

Publications415 total

Risk factors for immunological sensitization to <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosi</i> s and progression to incident TB disease among HIV-uninfected adults in a high burden setting
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2026Open Access
Clinical testing of drug treatment shortening in patients with TB using PET/CT imaging of lung lesions
Science Translational Medicine·2026· 1 citedOpen Access
T cell–macrophage interactions in tuberculosis: What we've got here is failure to communicate
Journal of Internal Medicine·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Faecal Microbiota Transplantation Restores &lt;em&gt;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&lt;/em&gt; Control in Mice Pre-Treated with Anti-Tuberculosis Antibiotics
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Optimization and Application of a T cell Antigen-Specific Activation Assay as Diagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Tool for Tuberculosis
ERJ Open Research·2025Open Access
Neutrophil proteins as potential biomarkers for a sputum-based tuberculosis screening test
Frontiers in Immunology·2025Open Access
Screening for asymptomatic tuberculosis among adults with household exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective observational cohort study
The Lancet Global Health·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Candidate Cytokine Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Ocular- and Neurosyphilis
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from household contacts is not affected by previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
Gates Open Research·2025Open Access
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from household contacts is not affected by previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
2025
Human alveolar macrophage response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: immune characteristics underlying large inter-individual variability
Communications Biology·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Immune, metabolic, anatomical, and functional features of people after successful tuberculosis treatment: an exploratory analysis
Scientific Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Optimization and Application of a T cell Antigen-Specific Activation Assay as Diagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Tool for Tuberculosis
2025
Correlative 3D imaging method for analysing lesion architecture in susceptible mice infected with <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
Disease Models & Mechanisms·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Performance of 2 Finger-Stick Blood Tests to Triage Adults With Symptoms of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Prospective Multisite Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from household contacts is not affected by previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
2025
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from household contacts is not affected by previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
2025
Immune, metabolic, anatomical, and functional features of people after successful tuberculosis treatment: an exploratory analysis
2025Open Access
Mycobacterium tuberculosis resisters despite HIV exhibit activated T cells and macrophages in their pulmonary alveoli
Journal of Clinical Investigation·2025· 19 citedOpen Access
Screening for Asymptomatic Tuberculosis among Adults with Household Exposure to a Patient with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2025· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Thomas J. Scriba(14), Gillian F. Black(12), Stefan H. E. Kaufmann(11), Shreemanta K. Parida(10), Katharina Ronacher(10), Nelita du Plessis(10), Novel N. Chegou(10), Willem A. Hanekom(9), André G. Loxton(9), Adam Penn‐Nicholson(8), Hazel M. Dockrell(8), Paul D. van Helden(8), Mzwandile Erasmus(7), Tom H. M. Ottenhoff(7), Harriet Mayanja‐Kizza(7), Stephanus T. Malherbe(7), Gian van der Spuy(7), Jeroen Maertzdorf(7), Humphrey Mulenga(7), W. Henry Boom(6)