2024
Cost-effectiveness and health impact of screening and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among formerly incarcerated individuals in Brazil: a Markov modelling study
van Lieshout Titan A, Klaassen F, Pelissari D, de Barros Silva J, Alves K, Alves L, Sanchez M, Bartholomay P, Johansen F, Croda J, Andrews J, Castro M, Cohen T, Vuik C, Menzies N. Cost-effectiveness and health impact of screening and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among formerly incarcerated individuals in Brazil: a Markov modelling study. The Lancet Global Health 2024, 12: e1446-e1455. PMID: 39151980, PMCID: PMC11339731, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00221-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisability-adjusted life yearsTuberculosis preventive treatmentTuberculosis deathsHealth impactsImpact of screeningIntervention cost-effectivenessInfection screeningCost-effectiveNational Institutes of HealthHealth outcomesHealth gainsInstitutes of HealthQuantify health effectsTuberculosis casesCost-effectiveness ratioTreatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionPotential health impactsLife yearsGreater health benefitsTuberculosis preventionTarget populationMonths of isoniazidMarkov modelling studiesHealth statesHealth
2018
ADAPTIVE DECISION‐MAKING DURING EPIDEMICS
Yaesoubi R, Cohen T. ADAPTIVE DECISION‐MAKING DURING EPIDEMICS. 2018, 59-79. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960158.ch3.ChaptersIntegrated analytical frameworkPolicy makersEconomic costsTransmission-reducing interventionsAnalytical frameworkSubstantial healthPopulation healthNovel viral strainsDecisionsResource constraintsAvailability of resourcesEmploymentAvailable interventionsMakersInfluenza epidemicsDifficult decisionsViral strainsInfectious diseasesCostEpidemicInterventionDecision pointsEpidemic dataHealth
2015
The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance
Birger RB, Kouyos RD, Cohen T, Griffiths EC, Huijben S, Mina MJ, Volkova V, Grenfell B, Metcalf CJE. The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance. Trends In Microbiology 2015, 23: 537-544. PMID: 26028590, PMCID: PMC4835347, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Dynamic Health Policies for Controlling the Spread of Emerging Infections: Influenza as an Example
Yaesoubi R, Cohen T. Dynamic Health Policies for Controlling the Spread of Emerging Infections: Influenza as an Example. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e24043. PMID: 21915279, PMCID: PMC3167826, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth policyTransmission-reducing interventionsOverall population healthType of interventionAntiviral drugsNovel infectious pathogensOverall healthEmerging InfectionsInfectious pathogensMask useCurrent interventionsCourse of epidemicsPopulation healthInterventionEpidemicPublic healthVaccineInfluenzaHealthDisease spreadSocial distancingCurrent informationInfection