Development of a Rapid Automated Point-of-Care Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection from Tongue Swabs and Sputum Specimens on the DASH(®) Rapid PCR System.
(2026 Mar 2)
medRxiv
Butzler MA, Reed JL, Olson AM, Wood RC, Cangelosi GA, Luabeya AK, Hatherill M, Chiwaya AM, Rockman L, Theron G, McFall SM

Acceptability of tongue swabs for tuberculosis screening in migrant settings in northern Italy: A qualitative study.
(2026)
PLOS Glob Public Health 6(3): e0004908
Codsi R, Saluzzo F, Wood RC, Olson AM, Russo G, Ragazzoni L, Kumar R, Wanje G, Kohn M, Fumagalli G, Codecasa LR, Cangelosi GA, Cirillo DM

Tongue swab Mycobacterium tuberculosis qPCR for community screening of asymptomatic TB vs. clinic-based triage of symptomatic TB.
(2026 Feb 14)
medRxiv
Wood RC, Olson AM, Lochner KA, Dragovich RB, Ball A, Steadman A, Perumal T, Mendelsohn SC, Mulenga H, Tameris M, Awany D, Moloantoa T, Malherbe ST, Katona A, Maruri F, Weigel KM, Noor F, Panchia R, Hlongwane K, Stanley K, van der Heijden YF, Hadley K, Walzl G, Scriba TJ, Martinson NA, Dheda K, Leslie A, Fourie B, Sterling TR, Cangelosi GA, Hatherill M, RePORT South Africa Study Team

Testing tongue swab samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: comparison of two protocols applied to samples from persons with low-bacillary load TB.
(2025 Dec 2)
Microbiol Spectr 13(12): e0149325
Wood RC, Goodgion S, Olson AM, Luabeya AK, Hatherill M, Cangelosi GA

An unusual genetic switch controls Mycobacterium avium pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance and colony morphology.
(2025 Jul 28)
bioRxiv
Nilsson HJ, Netter Z, Tuncel M, Garelis NE, Siddiqui N, Semaan M, McCall RM, Dangerfield K, Cox EK, Britt L, Voorhies M, Roberts AW, Mitchell G, Cangelosi GA, Jacobs WR, Sil A, Budzik JM, Cox JS