Tehmina Mustafa has research experience on various aspects of tuberculosis, including epidemiological, clinical and basic laboratory research on immunology, pathology, and development of new diagnostic tests for disease. She is the leader of the Tuberculosis Research Group at the Centre for International Health.

Medical specialist and consultant

Mustafa is a specialist in both pulmonary and internal medicine, and works as a consultant in respiratory diseases at the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital.

Research

Mustafa studies immunepathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB), development of new diagnostic methods for paucibacillary TB cases, discovery of biomarkers for monitoring response to treatment, interaction between undernutrition and TB. Her main impact is in the development of better TB diagnostic methods. She has established research and academic partnerships with multiple institutions in Tanzania, Zanzibar, India and Pakistan, using funding from the Research Council of Norway and the Western Region Health Authorities of Norway. She has led and completed (2020) a multicenter international project in four countries on the implementation of a better diagnostic test for TB in routine clinical settings. She is currently working on increasing understanding the immunopathogenesis of TB based on studies using the human archival material from the Biobank at the Department of Pathology. 

Project leader and collaborator

Mustafa leads multi-centre projects on improved TB diagnosis and immunopathogenesis. See her project descriptions for more information

• Coordinator and Teacher- Global Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Intervention (INTH328,  INTH928, ELMED311)

• Coordinator and Teacher-Research Proposal Development (INTH330), UiB

• Teacher- Global health - challenges and responses- SDG303, UiB

• Teacher- Methods in global health research- INTH315, UiB
• Teacher- Medical students-respiratory medicine, UiB
• Teacher- Global Health Course for nursing students at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Research Supervision

PhD students: 14 (completed 7, current 7)

Master students: 15 (completed 13, current 2) 

Medical students: completed 3

2024

• Mortensen, Rasmus; Clemmensen, Helena Strand; Woodworth, Joshua S. et al. (2024). Erratum: Author Correction: Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice (Communications biology (2019) 2 (288)). (external link)
• Grønningen, Erlend; Nanyaro, Marywinnie; Blomberg, Bjørn et al. (2024). Mortality among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in the HIV endemic setting: lessons from a tertiary level hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania. (external link)
• Mohanty, Biplob Kumar; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Aarli, Bernt Bøgvald et al. (2024). Trends in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease and Treatment Outcomes in a Low-Tuberculosis Prevalence Setting: A Retrospective Analysis. (external link)
• Helle, Ole Magnus Bjørgaas; Kanthali, Mala; Ishtiaq, Sheeba et al. (2024). Diagnosing adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis by MPT64 antigen detection with immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry using reproduced polyclonal antibodies. (external link)
• Helle, Ole Magnus Bjørgaas; Kanthali, Mala; Grønningen, Erlend et al. (2024). Factors associated with hospitalization and mortality in adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in Central India. (external link)
• Hassan, Shoaib; Mustafa, Tehmina; Muller, William et al. (2024). Comparing the cost-effectiveness of the MPT64-antigen detection test to Xpert MTB/RIF and ZN-microscopy for the diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: An economic evaluation modelling study. (external link)

2023

• Khalid, Shizza; Ambreen, Atiqa; Khaliq, Aasia et al. (2023). Identification of host biomarkers from dried blood spots for monitoring treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Barakat, Ahmed Samy Mohamed Ali; Birkeland, Even; Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen et al. (2023). Proteomic analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study from Zanzibar, Tanzania. (external link)
• Gyawali, Sanjay; Lopez Cervantes, Juan Pablo; Jögi, Nils Oskar et al. (2023). Previous tuberculosis infection associated with increased frequency of asthma and respiratory symptoms in a Nordic–Baltic multicentre population study. (external link)
• Helle, Ole Magnus Bjørgaas; Kanthali, Mala; Akhtar, Naish et al. (2023). Significance of non-granulomatous cytomorphology on fine needle aspirate in lymphadenitis cases classified as tuberculous by using a composite reference standard. (external link)
• Riaz, Syeda Mariam; Hanevik, Kurt; Helgeland, Lars et al. (2023). Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis of Human Post-Primary Tuberculosis from Archival Material of the Pre-Antibiotic Era, 1931–1947. (external link)
• Gyawali, Sanjay; Lopez Cervantes, Juan Pablo; Johannessen, Ane et al. (2023). Maternal and paternal tuberculosis is associated with increased asthma and respiratory symptoms in their offspring: a study from Northern Europe. (external link)
• Wali, Ahmad; Safdar, Nauman; Ambreen, Atiqa et al. (2023). Care-seeking pathways and diagnostic delays in extrapulmonary TB patients. (external link)

2022

• Grønningen, Erlend; Nanyaro, Marywinnie; Sviland, Lisbet et al. (2022). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adults with and without HIV in Mbeya, Tanzania using the MPT64 antigen detection test. (external link)
• Ulain, Noor; Ali, Asif; Khan, Momin et al. (2022). Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Ambreen, Atiqa; Ishtiaq, Sheeba et al. (2022). The value of histological examination in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the era of rapid molecular diagnosis. (external link)
• Lopez Cervantes, Juan Pablo; Shigdel, Rajesh; Accordini, S. et al. (2022). Parental TB associated with offspring asthma and rhinitis. (external link)

2021

• Grønningen, Erlend; Nanyaro, Marywinnie; Sviland, Lisbet et al. (2021). MPT64 antigen detection test improves diagnosis of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Mbeya, Tanzania. (external link)
• Hoel, Ida Marie; Ali, Iman A Mohammed; Ishtiaq, Sheeba et al. (2021). Immunochemistry-based diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A strategy for large-scale production of mpt64-antibodies for use in the mpt64 antigen detection test. (external link)
• Vijayakumar, Varun Kumar; Mustafa, Tehmina; Nore, Bjarte Kjell et al. (2021). Role of a Digital Clinical Decision-Support System in General Practitioners' Management of COPD in Norway. (external link)
• Farooq, Ammara; Sheikh, Taimur Khalil; Syed, Fibhaa et al. (2021). Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome. (external link)
• Ambreen, Atiqa; Khaliq, Aasia; Naqvi, Syed Zeeshan Haider et al. (2021). Host biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Karamat, Asifa; Ambreen, Atiqa; Ishtiaq, Aamira et al. (2021). Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2021). Improving diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by implementation of a sensitive and specific MPT64 antigen detection test in routine diagnostics. (external link)
• Jenum, Synne; Tonby, Kristian; Rueegg, Corina Silvia et al. (2021). A Phase I/II randomized trial of H56:IC31 vaccination and adjunctive cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment in tuberculosis patients. (external link)
• Ambreen, Atiqa; Tahseen, Sabira; Wali, Ahmad et al. (2021). Predictors of slow clinical response and extended treatment in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan, A hospital-based prospective study. (external link)
• Farooq, Ammara; Aurangzeb, Brekhna; Sheikh, Taimur Khalil et al. (2021). Successful Outpatient Management of Children at a Secondary Care Hospital in Pakistan in a Dengue Fever Epidemic and Their Clinical Outcomes. (external link)

2020

• Riaz, Syeda Mariam; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2020). Mycobacterial antigens accumulation in foamy macrophages in murine pulmonary tuberculosis lesions: Association with necrosis and making of cavities. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Khanzada, Faisal Masood; Baloch, Aurangzaib Quadir et al. (2020). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study. (external link)
• Hoel, Ida Marie; Syre, Heidi; Skarstein, Ingerid et al. (2020). Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a high-income low-tuberculosis prevalence setting. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wergeland, Ida; Baba, Kamaldeen et al. (2020). Mycobacterial antigens in pleural fluid mononuclear cells to diagnose pleural tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Khanzada, Faisal Masood; Rizvi, Alamdar Hussain et al. (2020). Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/ from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19. (external link)
• Hoel, Ida Marie; Sviland, Lisbeth; Syre, Heidi et al. (2020). Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis using the MPT64 antigen detection test in a high-income low tuberculosis prevalence setting. (external link)

2019

• Hoel, Ida Marie; Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Marijani, Msafiri et al. (2019). IP-10 dried blood spots assay monitoring treatment efficacy in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Purohit, R; Mustafa, Tehmina (2019). Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. (external link)
• Grønningen, Erlend; Sviland, Lisbeth; Ngadaya, Ester et al. (2019). MPT 64 Antigen Detection Test Performs Better Than Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults in Tanzania. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Masood, F; Bhutto, MM et al. (2019). DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PAKISTAN:RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS. (external link)
• Grønningen, Erlend; Sviland, Lisbeth; Ngadaya, Ester et al. (2019). Utility of MPT64 Antigen Detection Test for Diagnosis of HIV Coinfected Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Tanzania . (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Ambreen, Atiqa; Masood, Faisal et al. (2019). Primary drug resistance in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: a hospital-based prospective study from Pakistan. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Assmus, Jörg et al. (2019). Evaluation of treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)
• Ambreen, Atiqa; Jamil, Muhammad; Rahman, Mohammad Aqeel Ur et al. (2019). Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum after pulmonary tuberculosis cure. (external link)
• Shoaib, Hassan; Mustafa, Tehmina; Robberstad, Bjarne (2019). Pre-diagnostic cost of extrapulmonary tuberculosis from patient perspective in Zanzibar, Tanzania. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2019). Developing a new diagnostic test for extrapulmonary TB. (external link)
• Mortensen, Rasmus; Clemmensen, Helena Strand; Woodworth, Joshua S. et al. (2019). Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice. (external link)

2018

• Riaz, Syeda Mariam; Sviland, Lisbeth; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2018). Mycobacterial antigen accumulation in foamy macrophages in pulmonary tuberculosis lesions is associated with tissue destruction and disease severity. (external link)
• Grønningen, Erlend; Mustafa, Tehmina (2018). Performance of MPT 64 antigen detection test compared to Xpert MTB/RIF assay and Culture for diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in children in Tanzania. (external link)
• Hoel, Ida Marie; Mustafa, Tehmina (2018). Forbedring av tuberkulosediagnostikk ved bruk av immunokjemi-baserte metoder. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Khanzada, FM; Rizwi, AH et al. (2018). First and second line drug resistance pattern in new Extra Pulmonary TB cases, Prospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. (external link)
• Tahseen, Sabira; Qayyum, Atiqa; Jamil, Muhammad et al. (2018). Bacteriological examination for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis -Is it sufficient?. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2018). Nye diagnostiske metoder for tuberkulose. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Marijani, Msafiri; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma et al. (2018). MPT64 antigen detection test improves routine diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting: A study from the tertiary care hospital in Zanzibar. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Shahzad, Yasir; Kiani, Ayyaz (2018). A survey of knowledge, attitude, and practices of private retail pharmacies staff in tuberculosis care: Study from Dera Ismail Khan City, Pakistan. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Assmus, Jörg; Marijani, Msafiri et al. (2018). Diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis and impact on patient morbidity: A study from Zanzibar. (external link)

2017

• Hoel, Ida Marie; Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Ruhwald, Morten et al. (2017). IP-10 point-of-care test for monitoring treatment efficacy in tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Marijani, Msafiri; Abdalla Ali, Maryam et al. (2017). Improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by mycobacterial antigen detection in fine-needle aspirates by a novel immunochemistry-based test. (external link)
• Hoel, Ida Marie; Sviland, Lisbeth; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2017). Implementation of a new immunohistochemistry-based test for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis by detection of mycobacterial antigen MPT64. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Sviland, Lisbeth; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2017). Rapid and specific diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by immunostaining of tissues and aspirates with anti-MPT64. (external link)

2015

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M. et al. (2015). Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Ali Abdalla, Maryam; Marijani, Msafiri et al. (2015). Improved diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extra pulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Mustafa, Tehmina (2015). Laboratory Diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) in Resource-constrained Setting: State of the Art, Challenges and the Need. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Mustafa, Tehmina (2015). Forbedring av diagnostikk ved ekstrapulmonal tuberkulose. (external link)
• Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Sviland, Lisbeth et al. (2015). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extrapulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2015). Tuberkulosediagnostikk. (external link)

2014

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Harboe, Morten et al. (2014). Mycobacterial antigens disappear from host tissue during latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Leversen, Nils Anders; Sviland, Lisbet et al. (2014). Differential in vivo expression of mycobacterial antigens in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lungs and lymph node tissues. (external link)
• Tadele, Agerie; Beyene, Demissew Balcha; Hussein, Jemal et al. (2014). Immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex specific antigen, MPT64, improves diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis and tuberculous pleuritis. (external link)

2012

• Leversen, Nils Anders; Sviland, Lisbeth; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2012). Long-term persistence of BCG Pasteur in lungs of C57BL/6 mice following intranasal infection. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2012). Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in aspirate, effusions, and cerebrospinal fluid by immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)

2010

• Leversen, Nils Anders; Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G (2010). Comparison of Immune Response in Mice Infected with M-Bovis BCG Russia and M-Bovis BCG Pasteur. (external link)
• Wiker, Harald G; Mustafa, Tehmina; Bjune, Gunnar et al. (2010). Evidence for waning of latency in a cohort study of tuberculosis. (external link)

2009

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Sviland, Lisbet (2009). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Mustafa, Tehmina; Mørkve, Odd et al. (2009). Gender differences in the clinical diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis-a hospital-based study from Central India. (external link)

2008

• Mustafa, Tehmina (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Qureshi, Samera Azeem; Mørkve, Odd; Mustafa, Tehmina (2008). Patient and health systems delays: Health-care seeking behaviour among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Mustafa, Tehmina; Sviland, Lisbet (2008). Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction with DNA eluted from aspirate smears of tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Mørkve, Odd et al. (2008). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)
• Baba, Kamaldeen; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma ; Sviland, Lisbet et al. (2008). Rapid and Specific Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleuritis With Immunohistochemistry by Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Specific Antigen MPT64 in Patients From a HIV Endemic Area. (external link)
• Wiker, Harald G; Mustafa, Tehmina; Bjune, Gunnar et al. (2008). Estimating the half-life of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection based on the decline of tuberculosis in Norway. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2008). Rapid, sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of tuberculosis by using immunochemistry for detection of M. tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)
• Baba, Kamaldeen; Pathak, Sharad; Sviland, Lisbet et al. (2008). Real-time quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pleural tissue in patients from a high HIV endemic area. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis? . (external link)

2007

• Sviland, Lisbet; Mustafa, Tehmina; Purohit, Manju et al. (2007). Immunohistochemistry for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen (MPT64) improves the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by pathogenic mycobacteria. (external link)
• Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M.; Sviland, Lisbet; Chande, H et al. (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings?. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Mørkve, Odd et al. (2007). Reduced apoptosis and increased inflammatory cytokines in granulomas caused by tuberculous compared to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: role of MPT64 antigen in apoptosis and immune response. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju Raj; Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2007). Immunohistochemical diagnosis of abdominal and lymph node tuberculosis by detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)
• Purohit, Manju; Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G et al. (2007). Detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens by immunohistochemical technique: application for improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Mørkve, Odd et al. (2007). Correlation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen MPT64 expression and apoptosis in human tuberculosis lesions. (external link)
• Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M.; Sviland, Lisbeth; Chande, H et al. (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings? . (external link)

2006

• Wiker, Harald G; Mustafa, Tehmina; Målen, Hiwa et al. (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Wiker, Harald G; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M. et al. (2006). Immunohistochemistry using a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antibody for improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Mogga, Stanley Josephson; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M. et al. (2006). Immunohistochemical analysis of cytokines and apoptosis in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Wiker, Harald G; Mustafa, Tehmina; Mustafa, Tehmina et al. (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis.. (external link)

2005

• Abebe, Feseha; Mustafa, Tehmina; Nerland, Audun H. et al. (2005). Cytokine profile during latent and slowly progressive primary tuberculosis: a possible role for interleukin-15 in mediating clinical disease. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Mogga, Stanley Josephson; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M. et al. (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas Ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2005). Is Mycobacterium paratuberculosis a cause of Crohn`s disease?. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2005). Immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in histologic specimens. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2005). Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis: Host immune response and new diagnostic tools. (external link)

2004

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Sviland, Lisbeth (2004). Role of Fasligand/Fas system and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. (external link)

2003

• Mogga, Stanley J.; Mustafa, Tehmina; Sviland, Lisbeth et al. (2003). In situ expression of CD40, CD40L (CD154), IL-12, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma and TGF-beta1 in murine lungs during slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2003). Title: Role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of murine and human tuberculosis lesions; immune evasion strategies of mycobacteria. (external link)

2002

• Mogga, Stanley J.; Mustafa, Tehmina; Sviland, L. et al. (2002). Increased Bcl-2 and reduced Bax expression in infected macrophages in slowly progressive primary murine mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. (external link)

2001

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Bjune, Gunnar; Jonsson, Roland et al. (2001). Increased expression of fas ligand in human tuberculosis and leprosy lesions: a potential novel mechanism of immune evasion in mycobacterial infection. (external link)

2000

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Nilsen, Rune et al. (2000). In Situ Expression of cytokines and cellular phenotypes in the lungs of mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Phyu, Sabai; Tadesse, Azeb; Mustafa, Tehmina et al. (2000). Diversity of lung and spleen immune responses in mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (2000). Murine models of chronic tuberculosis: significance of granuloma morphology, apoptosis and immune evasion. (external link)

1999

• Mustafa, Tehmina.; Phyu, Sabai.; Nilsen, Ragnhild et al. (1999). Increased expression of FAS ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: A potential novel mechansim of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Phyu, Sabai; Sørnes, Steinar; Mustafa, Themina et al. (1999). Changes in T-Lymphocyte Subsets in Lungs and Spleens of Mice with Slowly Progressive Primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: Involvement of Unconventional T-Cell Subsets. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Nilsen, Rune et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly proressing tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Nilsen, Rune et al. (1999). Increased expresson of Fas ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: a potential novel mechanism of immune evation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Nilsen, Rune et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina.; Phyu, Sabai.; Nilsen, Ragnhild et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)

1998

• Phuy, Sabai; Mustafa, Tehmina; Hofstad, Tor et al. (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)
• Phuy, S.; Tadesse, Selamawit; Mustafa, Tehmina et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically <I>mycobacterium tuberculosis</I> infected mice. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phuy, Sabai; Nerland, A.H. et al. (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by <I>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</I>. (external link)
• Phuy, S; Tadesse, Azeb; Tadesse, Selamawit et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phuy, S; Nerland, A.H. et al. (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)
• Phuy, S; Tadesse, Azeb; Tadesse, Selamawit et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice. (external link)
• Tadesse, Azeb; Abebe, F; Phuy, S et al. (1998). Study of cytokines involved in progressive primary disease and latent tuberculosis in mice. Abstract 244 (Host response: pathogenesis, latency, immunogencicity, vaccine). (external link)
• Tadesse, Selamawit; Abebe, F; Phuy, S et al. (1998). TGF in primary progressive, latent and reactivated murine tuberculosis. Abstract 86. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phuy, S; Tadesse, Azeb et al. (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)

1997

• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Tadesse, Azeb et al. (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tadesse, Azeb; Phyu, Sabai; Mustafa, Tehmina et al. (1997). Cytokine Production and Bacillary Growth In Lungs of Mtb infected Mice Compared to Liver and Spleen. (external link)
• Phyu, Sabai; Tadesse, Azeb; Mustafa, Tehmina et al. (1997). T cell Phenotypes in Lungs of Normal and TB Infected Mice, Compared to Spleen and Peripheral Blood. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, Sabai; Tadesse, Azeb et al. (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis. International conference on immunopathology of mucous membranes and exocrine glands. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (1997). Histopathology of the Mouse Model for Latent TB Infection and Slowly Progressive Disease. (external link)
• Mustafa, Tehmina (1997). Pattern of Cell Death in Mtb infected Mouse organs. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• An integrated multidisciplinary approach to improve diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in children (Funded by HelseVest/UiB).
• Better health through partnership in higher education and bilateral student mobility: Collaboration between Pakistan and Norway (NORPART)
• Pathogenesis of human Post-Primary Tuberculosis: Novel insights from Norwegian archival tissue material of the pre-antibiotic era
• Risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low tuberculosis prevalence setting
• Association between tuberculosis and obstructive lung diseases and allergies
• Biomarkers in tuberculosis: implications for improved diagnosis, monitoring treatment response, and host-directed therapies
• Proteomic and bioinformatic studies of the host therapeutic response to tuberculosis treatment
• Improving diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by implementation of a sensitive and specific assay in routine tuberculosis diagnostics (Funding- Research Council of Norway, GLOVBVAC program)