2020
Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data
Gunasekera KS, Zelner J, Becerra MC, Contreras C, Franke MF, Lecca L, Murray MB, Warren JL, Cohen T. Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data. BMC Medicine 2020, 18: 234. PMID: 32873309, PMCID: PMC7466499, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01702-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Tuberculosis ProgrammeActive case-finding interventionsCase-finding interventionsTuberculosis transmissionNotification dataTuberculosis ProgrammeTuberculosis incidenceChild casesChildhood tuberculosis casesRecent transmission eventsProportion of casesCase notification dataMolecular epidemiological methodsMolecular epidemiologic methodsEndemic infectious diseasesTuberculosis casesProspective studyAdult casesDisease progressionNotification registerProgrammatic dataDistricts of LimaEpidemiological methodsInfectious diseasesTransmission hotspots
2010
Assessing spatiotemporal patterns of multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis in a South American setting
LIN H, SHIN S, BLAYA JA, ZHANG Z, CEGIELSKI P, CONTRERAS C, ASENCIOS L, BONILLA C, BAYONA J, PACIOREK CJ, COHEN T. Assessing spatiotemporal patterns of multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis in a South American setting. Epidemiology And Infection 2010, 139: 1784-1793. PMID: 21205434, PMCID: PMC3153578, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268810002797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB casesMDR diseaseMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) casesDrug-sensitive tuberculosisDrug-resistant diseaseDrug susceptibility testingMDR-TBMDR casesTuberculosis casesIncident casesSubgroup analysisInfection controlK statisticInfectious durationAppearance of resistanceDistricts of LimaSusceptibility testingDiseasePatientsTBUrban settingsCasesTuberculosisSettingMDR