2018
Where is tuberculosis transmission happening? Insights from the literature, new tools to study transmission and implications for the elimination of tuberculosis
Auld SC, Shah NS, Cohen T, Martinson NA, Gandhi NR. Where is tuberculosis transmission happening? Insights from the literature, new tools to study transmission and implications for the elimination of tuberculosis. Respirology 2018, 23: 807-817. PMID: 29869818, PMCID: PMC6281783, DOI: 10.1111/resp.13333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTB control activitiesEvidence-based public health interventionsElimination of tuberculosisBurden of tuberculosisInfection control programCommunity-based transmissionPublic health interventionsCommunity-based settingsUnderstanding of transmissionMiddle-income countriesContact investigationTB incidenceTB transmissionTB epidemicTB strainsTuberculosis transmissionPatterns of transmissionHealth interventionsMeaningful improvementsNew casesMolecular epidemiologyTuberculosisControl activitiesOngoing transmissionVentilation studies
2017
Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission
Mathema B, Andrews JR, Cohen T, Borgdorff MW, Behr M, Glynn JR, Rustomjee R, Silk BJ, Wood R. Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 216: s644-s653. PMID: 29112745, PMCID: PMC5853844, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecent transmissionTuberculosis transmissionTuberculosis casesCulture-positive tuberculosis casesInterferon-γ release assaysΓ release assaysTuberculin skin testMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionTuberculosis case notificationTransmission of tuberculosisPublic health systemPrevalent tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionSkin testIncident diseaseCase notificationClinical diseaseHealth systemCapacity of healthcareOngoing transmissionTuberculosisYoung childrenHighlight knowledge gapsInfection eventsWhole-genome sequencing