2016
High burden of prevalent tuberculosis among previously treated people in Southern Africa suggests potential for targeted control interventions
Marx FM, Floyd S, Ayles H, Godfrey-Faussett P, Beyers N, Cohen T. High burden of prevalent tuberculosis among previously treated people in Southern Africa suggests potential for targeted control interventions. European Respiratory Journal 2016, 48: 1227-1230. PMID: 27390274, PMCID: PMC5512114, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00716-2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-burden settingsHigh TB prevalenceRecurrent tuberculosisExogenous reinfectionPrevalent tuberculosisTB prevalenceSuccessful treatmentHigh burdenImportant underlying mechanismHigh riskHigh incidenceControl interventionsTargeted interventionsTuberculosisUnderlying mechanismOne-thirdInterventionBurdenCape TownIndividualsReinfectionPrevalenceIncidenceDiseaseSetting
2005
Incident Tuberculosis among Recent US Immigrants and Exogenous Reinfection - Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Cohen T, Murray M. Incident Tuberculosis among Recent US Immigrants and Exogenous Reinfection - Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005, 11: 725-728. PMID: 15890129, PMCID: PMC3320369, DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.041107.Peer-Reviewed Original Research