2023
Tabby2: a user-friendly web tool for forecasting state-level TB outcomes in the United States
Swartwood N, Testa C, Cohen T, Marks S, Hill A, Beeler Asay G, Cochran J, Cranston K, Randall L, Tibbs A, Horsburgh C, Salomon J, Menzies N. Tabby2: a user-friendly web tool for forecasting state-level TB outcomes in the United States. BMC Medicine 2023, 21: 331. PMID: 37649031, PMCID: PMC10469407, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02785-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionTB outcomesDistrict of ColumbiaTreatment of LTBIIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioTB incidence rateTuberculosis disease burdenQuality-adjusted life yearsCost-effectiveness ratioPublic health agenciesTB casesTB preventionTB incidenceTuberculosis infectionTB epidemiologyDisease burdenIncidence rateService utilizationAdditional interventionsIncidence projectionsLife yearsDemographic dataSocietal perspectiveHealth agenciesPrevention approaches
2022
Phylogeography and transmission of M. tuberculosis in Moldova: A prospective genomic analysis
Yang C, Sobkowiak B, Naidu V, Codreanu A, Ciobanu N, Gunasekera KS, Chitwood MH, Alexandru S, Bivol S, Russi M, Havumaki J, Cudahy P, Fosburgh H, Allender CJ, Centner H, Engelthaler DM, Menzies NA, Warren JL, Crudu V, Colijn C, Cohen T. Phylogeography and transmission of M. tuberculosis in Moldova: A prospective genomic analysis. PLOS Medicine 2022, 19: e1003933. PMID: 35192619, PMCID: PMC8903246, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisDrug-resistant M. tuberculosisM. tuberculosis strainsPutative transmission clustersM. tuberculosisTransmission clustersMultidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strainsTuberculosis strainsMultiple M. tuberculosis strainsCulture-positive TB casesLocal transmissionMDR-TB epidemicDrug-susceptible tuberculosisDrug resistance mutationsDrug resistance profilesUrgency of interventionTB casesDemographic dataNew casesTuberculosisInadequate treatmentNatural historyResistance mutationsBeijing lineageMycobacterium tuberculosis
2021
The positive externalities of migrant-based TB control strategy in a Chinese urban population with internal migration: a transmission-dynamic modeling study
Yang C, Kang J, Lu L, Guo X, Shen X, Cohen T, Menzies NA. The positive externalities of migrant-based TB control strategy in a Chinese urban population with internal migration: a transmission-dynamic modeling study. BMC Medicine 2021, 19: 95. PMID: 33874940, PMCID: PMC8055441, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01968-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB casesTB incidenceNew TB casesTB control strategiesEpidemiology of tuberculosisMeaningful health benefitsChinese urban populationMolecular epidemiologic studiesTransmission dynamic modelSongjiang DistrictRecent infectionTB interventionsTB transmissionTB notificationsEpidemiological featuresPreventive treatmentActive screeningEpidemiologic studiesLatent infectionTB policyDemographic dataIndirect protectionTuberculosisEpidemiological driversLocal transmission