2022
Phylogeography and transmission of M. tuberculosis in Moldova: A prospective genomic analysis
Yang C, Sobkowiak B, Naidu V, Codreanu A, Ciobanu N, Gunasekera KS, Chitwood MH, Alexandru S, Bivol S, Russi M, Havumaki J, Cudahy P, Fosburgh H, Allender CJ, Centner H, Engelthaler DM, Menzies NA, Warren JL, Crudu V, Colijn C, Cohen T. Phylogeography and transmission of M. tuberculosis in Moldova: A prospective genomic analysis. PLOS Medicine 2022, 19: e1003933. PMID: 35192619, PMCID: PMC8903246, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisDrug-resistant M. tuberculosisM. tuberculosis strainsPutative transmission clustersM. tuberculosisTransmission clustersMultidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strainsTuberculosis strainsMultiple M. tuberculosis strainsCulture-positive TB casesLocal transmissionMDR-TB epidemicDrug-susceptible tuberculosisDrug resistance mutationsDrug resistance profilesUrgency of interventionTB casesDemographic dataNew casesTuberculosisInadequate treatmentNatural historyResistance mutationsBeijing lineageMycobacterium tuberculosis
2009
Mathematical models of the epidemiology and control of drug-resistant TB
Cohen T, Dye C, Colijn C, Williams B, Murray M. Mathematical models of the epidemiology and control of drug-resistant TB. Expert Review Of Respiratory Medicine 2009, 3: 67-79. PMID: 20477283, DOI: 10.1586/17476348.3.1.67.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrug-resistant TBDrug resistanceMultiple drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug-resistant M. tuberculosisCombination chemotherapyTB controlM. tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisAntibiotic resistanceRecent reportsTuberculosisEpidemiologyTBExtrinsic determinantsInterventionCost effectivenessReproductive capacityChemotherapyControlPrevalence