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Anna K. Coussens

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Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisVitamin D Research StudiesImmune responses and vaccinationsDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Anna K. Coussens works in Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Vitamin D Research Studies, Immune responses and vaccinations, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Recorded institutional associations include University of Cape Town, The University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

137Publications
4,037Citations
33H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. High-dose vitamin D3 during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial

    2011 · 580 citations
  2. Vitamin D accelerates resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment

    2012 · 310 citations
  3. Lifetime burden of disease due to incident tuberculosis: a global reappraisal including post-tuberculosis sequelae

    2021 · 233 citations
  4. Characterization of progressive HIV-associated tuberculosis using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission and computed tomography

    2016 · 188 citations
  5. Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise

    2024 · 171 citations
  6. 1α,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits matrix metalloproteinases induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    2008 · 152 citations
  7. Human Immunology of Tuberculosis

    2016 · 147 citations
  8. The Wonder Years: What Can Primary School Children Teach Us About Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

    2018 · 128 citations
  9. Unravelling the molecular control of calvarial suture fusion in children with craniosynostosis

    2007 · 105 citations
  10. The role of UV radiation and vitamin D in the seasonality and outcomes of infectious disease

    2017 · 102 citations
  11. Complement pathway gene activation and rising circulating immune complexes characterize early disease in HIV-associated tuberculosis

    2018 · 100 citations
  12. Ethnic Variation in Inflammatory Profile in Tuberculosis

    2013 · 88 citations
  13. Phenylbutyrate Is Bacteriostatic against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Regulates the Macrophage Response to Infection, Synergistically with 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D₃

    2015 · 86 citations
  14. Post-tuberculosis mortality and morbidity: valuing the hidden epidemic

    2020 · 84 citations
  15. Neutrophil-Associated Central Nervous System Inflammation in Tuberculous Meningitis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

    2014 · 82 citations
  16. Immunopathogenic overlap between COVID-19 and tuberculosis identified from transcriptomic meta-analysis and human macrophage infection

    2022 · 75 citations
  17. Corticosteroid Therapy, Vitamin D Status, and Inflammatory Cytokine Profile in the HIV-Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

    2012 · 71 citations
  18. Neutrophils: Innate Effectors of TB Resistance?

    2018 · 70 citations
  19. Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Actions of Vitamin D in Combating TB/HIV

    2014 · 66 citations
  20. Mind the gap – Managing tuberculosis across the disease spectrum

    2022 · 65 citations
  21. High-dose vitamin D 3 reduces deficiency caused by low UVB exposure and limits HIV-1 replication in urban Southern Africans

    2015 · 64 citations
  22. Identification of genes differentially expressed by prematurely fused human sutures using a novel in vivo – in vitro approach

    2008 · 56 citations
  23. Matrix Degradation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1–Associated Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Prospective Observational Study

    2017 · 54 citations
  24. Linkage disequilibrium analysis identifies an FGFR1 haplotype-tag SNP associated with normal variation in craniofacial shape

    2005 · 50 citations
  25. Regulation of CYP 27 B 1 and CYP 24 A 1 hydroxylases limits cell‐autonomous activation of vitamin D in dendritic cells

    2014 · 48 citations

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