Begna Tulu

Begna Tulu

Associate Professor

Bahir Dar University

Tel: +251911263679

Email: tulubegna@gmail.com

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Associate 

 

Research area keywords:

TB, zoonotic TB, neglected tropical diseases , immunology, genomics

 

Biography:

My research interest is investigating the host immune response to TB and emerging infections. I am also interested in role of microbiological test for latent tuberculosis diagnosis. Currently, I am working on understanding the immune correlates of SARS-COV2 infected individuals.

 

Key Publications:

  1. Belay M, Tulu B, et al.  Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asymptomatic tuberculosis contacts: an observational study. The Lancet Microbe. 2021 March. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00043-4.
  2. Sirak A, Tulu B, Bayissa B, Gumi B, Berg S, Salguero FJ, Ameni G and The ETHICOBOTS Consortium (2021) Cellular and Cytokine Responses in Lymph Node Granulomas of Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG)-Vaccinated and Non-vaccinated Cross-Breed Calves Naturally Infected With Mycobacterium bovis. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:698800. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.698800
  3. Tulu B, Amsalu E, Zenebe Y, Abebe M, Fetene Y, Agegn M, Abate A, Ponpetch K, Bekana T, Gumi B, Ameni G. Diabetes mellitus and HIV infection among active tuberculosis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: health facility-based cross-sectional study. Trop Med Health. 2021 Aug 28;49(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00358-4. PubMed PMID: 34454627; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8403380.
  4. Bekana T, Berhe N, Eguale T, Aemero M, Medhin G, Tulu B, G/Hiwot Y, Liang S, Hu W, Erko B. Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal schistosomiasis and human fascioliasis among school children in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. Trop Med Health. 2021 May 11;49(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00326-y. PubMed PMID: 33971981; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8111779.
  5. Zenebe Y, Adem Y, Tulu B, Mekonnen D, Derbie A, Mekonnen Z, Biadglegne F. Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-infections among Lymphadenitis Patients in Northwest Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2021 May;31(3):653-662. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i3.23. PubMed PMID: 34483623; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8365488.
  6. Tulu B, Zewede A, Belay M, Zeleke M, Girma M, Tegegn M, Ibrahim F, Jolliffe DA, Abebe M, Balcha TT, Gumi B, Martineau HM, Martineau AR, Ameni G. Epidemiology of Bovine Tuberculosis and Its Zoonotic Implication in Addis Ababa Milkshed, Central Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2021;8:595511. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.595511. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33681321; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7925636.
  7. Tulu B, Martineau HM, Zewude A, Desta F, Jolliffe DA, Abebe M, Balcha TT, Belay M, Martineau AR, Ameni G. Cellular and Cytokine Responses in the Granulomas of Asymptomatic Cattle Naturally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis in Ethiopia. Infect Immun. 2020 Nov 16;88(12). doi: 10.1128/IAI.00507-20. Print 2020 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 32958527; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7671892.

 

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