2013
Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Strain Typing Service (TB-STS) in England
Mears J, Vynnycky E, Lord J, Borgdorff M, Cohen T, Abubakar I, Sonnenberg P, group O. Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Strain Typing Service (TB-STS) in England. The Lancet 2013, 382: s73. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62498-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTuberculosis incidenceProportion of infectionsDiagnostic delayBase-case assumptionsLatent infectionPulmonary tuberculosis casesTuberculosis control effortsHigh-incidence settingsMycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesCluster investigationsTuberculosis notification ratesPost-implementation dataComplex public health interventionsPopulation-level interventionsPublic health interventionsMIRU-VNTR typingTuberculosis infectionTuberculosis casesPreventive treatmentPublic health outcomesNotification ratesTuberculosis isolatesSenior Research FellowshipDeterministic compartmental modelProportion of individuals
2007
Antiviral Resistance and the Control of Pandemic Influenza
Lipsitch M, Cohen T, Murray M, Levin BR. Antiviral Resistance and the Control of Pandemic Influenza. PLOS Medicine 2007, 4: e15. PMID: 17253900, PMCID: PMC1779817, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResistant strainsPandemic influenzaInfluenza pandemicAntiviral resistanceTransmission-reducing measuresNext influenza pandemicAntiviral drug useUse of antiviralsStrains of influenzaSuboptimal vaccinesAntiviral treatmentInfluenza infectionRisk of resistanceDeterministic compartmental modelAntiviral agentsAntiviral drugsPandemic planningDrug useVaccine developmentDrug resistanceControl measuresAntiviralsInfluenzaPandemic spreadPandemic