2018
Investigating spillover of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from a prison: a spatial and molecular epidemiological analysis
Warren JL, Grandjean L, Moore DAJ, Lithgow A, Coronel J, Sheen P, Zelner JL, Andrews JR, Cohen T. Investigating spillover of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from a prison: a spatial and molecular epidemiological analysis. BMC Medicine 2018, 16: 122. PMID: 30071850, PMCID: PMC6091024, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1111-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrisonsSpatial AnalysisTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantYoung AdultInternal migration and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: an epidemiological, spatial, genomic analysis
Yang C, Lu L, Warren JL, Wu J, Jiang Q, Zuo T, Gan M, Liu M, Liu Q, DeRiemer K, Hong J, Shen X, Colijn C, Guo X, Gao Q, Cohen T. Internal migration and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: an epidemiological, spatial, genomic analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2018, 18: 788-795. PMID: 29681517, PMCID: PMC6035060, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30218-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChinaDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinisatellite RepeatsMolecular EpidemiologyMycobacterium tuberculosisPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRural PopulationSpatial AnalysisTransients and MigrantsTuberculosisUrban PopulationWhole Genome SequencingConceptsM tuberculosisEpidemiological dataSingle nucleotide polymorphismsCulture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesCulture-positive tuberculosisPopulation-based studyMycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesTransmission dynamicsTime of infectionDynamics of tuberculosisTuberculosis controlUS National InstitutesTuberculosis isolatesMore effective interventionsProximity of residenceRecent transmissionPatient's homeTuberculosisLocal transmission dynamicsEffective interventionsLocal transmissionLocal incidenceNational InstituteVNTR patternsWhole-genome sequencing
2016
Spatial measurement errors in the field of spatial epidemiology
Zhang Z, Manjourides J, Cohen T, Hu Y, Jiang Q. Spatial measurement errors in the field of spatial epidemiology. International Journal Of Health Geographics 2016, 15: 21. PMID: 27368370, PMCID: PMC4930612, DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0049-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiasEpidemiologic StudiesGeographic Information SystemsGeographic MappingHumansModels, TheoreticalSpatial AnalysisConceptsSpatial measurement errorsLocation measurement errorsMeasurement errorGlobal Positioning SystemNew statistical methodologyCovariate measurement errorPositioning systemNon-instrumental errorsStatistical methodologyGeographic information systemPractical examplesInstrumental errorsTheoretical modelErrorSpatial epidemiologySpatial dataPossible solutionsSuch errors