Tafese B Tufa
Address:
kebele 07, 04, Aesella
Research Interests:
Diagnosis and therapy of infection diseases
Biography:
Tafese Beyene Tufa Assistance Professor of Clinical Microbiology at College of Health Science and Research Focal at Hirsch institute of Tropical Medicine Research Center,
Arsi University, Ethiopia.
Publications:
- Inadequacy of High-Dose Fluconazole Monotherapy Among Cerebrospinal Fluid Cryptococcal Antigen (CrAg)– Positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons in an Ethiopian CrAg Screening Program.
- Survival in HIV-infected Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia without CSF Positivity Treated with Fluconazole Did Not Differ from Cryptococcal Antigen (CrAg) Negative with CD4.
- Detecting TB Cases among Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary TB through Active Contact Tracing in the Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.
- Prevalence and impact of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women in central Ethiopia.
- High Dose Fluconazole Monotherapy is Inadequate for CSF Cryptococcal Antigen Positive HIV-infected Persons in an Ethiopian CrAg Screening Program.
- Implementation of the WHO multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in a University Hospital in Central Ethiopia.
- Comparison of Cryptococcal Antigenemia between Antiretroviral Naïve and Antiretroviral Experienced HIV Positive Patients at Two Hospitals in Ethiopia.
- WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and Its Effect on Hand Hygiene Adherence in the Asella Teaching Hospital, Central Ethiopia.
- High Sero-Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigens Among Non-Professional Health Care Workers at Asella Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia.
- Improving tuberculosis case finding through active contact tracing: A community based cross-sectional survey in central Ethiopia.
- High-Dose Fluconazole Monotherapy Is Inadequate for Cerebrospinal Fluid Cryptococcal Antigen Positive (CRAG+) Persons in a CRAG Screening Program in Ethiopia.
- Implementation of the who multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in selected wards of Asella Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia.