2020
Time Since Infection and Risks of Future Disease for Individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in the United States
Menzies NA, Swartwood N, Testa C, Malyuta Y, Hill AN, Marks SM, Cohen T, Salomon JA. Time Since Infection and Risks of Future Disease for Individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in the United States. Epidemiology 2020, 32: 70-78. PMID: 33009253, PMCID: PMC7707158, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent TB infectionMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionTB infectionTuberculosis infectionTB natural historyRisk of tuberculosisMost TB casesRate of progressionYounger age groupsLower future riskTransmission dynamic modelTB casesTB riskPrevalent infectionProgression riskLifetime riskRisk factorsIncidence trendsClinical diseaseCumulative riskGeneral populationAverage ageNew infectionsUS populationAge groups
2019
Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil
Mabud TS, de Lourdes Delgado Alves M, Ko AI, Basu S, Walter KS, Cohen T, Mathema B, Colijn C, Lemos E, Croda J, Andrews JR. Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil. PLOS Medicine 2019, 16: e1002737. PMID: 30677013, PMCID: PMC6345418, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of TBPrison-based interventionsTB incidenceGeneral populationTB casesCox proportional hazards modelNew TB casesControl of tuberculosisProportional hazards modelPaucity of dataTime of incarcerationTB burdenTB screeningTB riskTB transmissionTB ratesTB epidemicAdministrative databasesCommunity incidenceTuberculosis epidemicHazards modelTB databaseIncidenceEpidemiological contextIntervention
2018
The impact of migration on tuberculosis in the United States
Menzies NA, Hill AN, Cohen T, Salomon JA. The impact of migration on tuberculosis in the United States. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2018, 22: 1392-1403. PMID: 30606311, PMCID: PMC6353558, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB casesTB burdenHigher tuberculosis ratesNew TB casesLow-incidence settingsEntry yearActive TBTB epidemiologyTB riskIncidence estimatesTuberculosis ratesLifetime casesUnited StatesRiskPopulation residentGreater exposureBurdenNative-born populationPopulationCountry of originTBYearsTuberculosisCasesInfection
2017
Protective effects of household-based TB interventions are robust to neighbourhood-level variation in exposure risk in Lima, Peru: a model-based analysis
Zelner J, Murray M, Becerra M, Galea J, Lecca L, Calderon R, Yataco R, Zhang Z, Cohen T. Protective effects of household-based TB interventions are robust to neighbourhood-level variation in exposure risk in Lima, Peru: a model-based analysis. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 47: 185-192. PMID: 29025111, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIsoniazid preventive therapyLatent TB infectionTB casesHousehold contactsHousehold exposureTB diseaseHealth centersPopulation-based prospective cohort studyHigh-risk household contactsMore casesBlanket screeningIncident pulmonary tuberculosisIncident TB diseasePositive household contactsProspective cohort studyTB screening programPublic Health CenterIncident tuberculosisTB infectionCohort studyPreventive therapyPulmonary tuberculosisTB incidenceSkin testTB risk