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
2014
Geographical heterogeneity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia, January 2009 to June 2011.
Jenkins HE, Gegia M, Furin J, Kalandadze I, Nanava U, Chakhaia T, Cohen T. Geographical heterogeneity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia, January 2009 to June 2011. Eurosurveillance 2014, 19 PMID: 24679722, PMCID: PMC4090679, DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.11.20743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant TBMDR-TB risk factorsTB casesRisk factorsMDR-TB incidenceMDR-TB riskMDR-TB transmissionMDR-TB casesMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisTreatment-naïve individualsMDR-TB burdenTuberculosis casesHigh riskTargeted interventionsSurveillance dataGeographical heterogeneityRegression modellingInterventionRiskRural areasCasesTuberculosisIncidencePercentage