Biography

Nagudi is a statistician at the Aurum Institute within the Implementation Research division, where she provides statistical expertise on several studies related to HIV and TB. One of the studies she is currently involved in is the CUT-TB trial on universal testing of TB amongst close contacts, where she provides statistical support and is part of the team evaluating the social behavioral aspects of the study. Her current interests include TB prevention among vulnerable populations, such as people living with HIV. She is pursuing her PhD in Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, focusing on the TPT care cascade.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Sensitivity and specificity of symptom-based screening among household contacts of people with TB in high-burden TB countries

When using a GeneXpert Ultra reference, symptom screening had low sensitivity among household contacts, substantially lower than estimates from the systematic review that informed current WHO guidelines.

Source: Conference 2024