2023
Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in prisons in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Ribeiro C, da Silva Santos A, Tshua D, de Oliveira R, Lemos E, Bourdillon P, Laranjeira A, Gonçalves C, Andrews J, Ko A, Croda J. Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in prisons in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical 2023, 56: e0015-2023. PMID: 37493729, PMCID: PMC10367220, DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0015-2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptom onsetFirst symptomsLargest male prisonPrison medical recordsTB case dataRetrospective cohort studyPulmonary TB casesYear of diagnosisStart of treatmentTreatment of TBTreatment of tuberculosisNumber of symptomsAverage timePercentage of cureProvider delayTB casesCohort studyTreatment initiationHIV statusSmoking statusTuberculosis casesTB transmissionFirst consultationPatient delayMedical records
2019
A fieldable electrostatic air sampler enabling tuberculosis detection in bioaerosols
de Sousa N, Sandström N, Shen L, Håkansson K, Vezozzo R, Udekwu K, Croda J, Rothfuchs A. A fieldable electrostatic air sampler enabling tuberculosis detection in bioaerosols. Tuberculosis 2019, 120: 101896. PMID: 32090857, PMCID: PMC7049907, DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.101896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB hotspotsM. tuberculosisActive pulmonary diseaseAirborne M. tuberculosisElectrostatic air samplerInhalation of aerosolsViable Mycobacterium tuberculosisPulmonary diseaseTB controlTB transmissionM. bovis BCGTuberculosisInfectious diseasesMycobacterium tuberculosisBovis BCGTuberculosis detectionMore human livesMolecular signaturesDiseaseCoughPatientsWorld populationInhalationBCGImportant roleDetection, survival and infectious potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the environment: a review of the evidence and epidemiological implications
Martinez L, Verma R, Croda J, Horsburgh C, Walter K, Degner N, Middelkoop K, Koch A, Hermans S, Warner D, Wood R, Cobelens F, Andrews J. Detection, survival and infectious potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the environment: a review of the evidence and epidemiological implications. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 53: 1802302. PMID: 31048345, PMCID: PMC6753378, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02302-2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious tuberculosis patientsTuberculosis patientsTB transmissionCongregate settingsMouse modelGuinea pigsInfectious threatsMycobacterium tuberculosisDroplet nucleiConsistent findingScientific evidenceInfectious potentialEpidemiological implicationsPrimary routeFurther investigationSeminal experimental studiesRecent studiesHuman sourcesEvidencePatientsTuberculosisFindingsStudyInfectiousnessViabilityEvaluating 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
2017
Genetic Clustering of Tuberculosis in an Indigenous Community of Brazil.
Correia Sacchi F, Tatara M, Camioli de Lima C, Ferreia da Silva L, Cunha E, Simonsen V, Ferrazoli L, Gomes H, Gonçalves Vasconcellos S, Suffys P, Andrews J, Croda J. Genetic Clustering of Tuberculosis in an Indigenous Community of Brazil. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2017, 98: 372-375. PMID: 29210353, PMCID: PMC5929193, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0480.Peer-Reviewed Original Research