2013
Data needs for evidence-based decisions: a tuberculosis modeler's ‘wish list’ [Review article]
Dowdy DW, Dye C, Cohen T. Data needs for evidence-based decisions: a tuberculosis modeler's ‘wish list’ [Review article]. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2013, 17: 866-877. PMID: 23743307, PMCID: PMC4041555, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0573.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
The Impact of Realistic Age Structure in Simple Models of Tuberculosis Transmission
Brooks-Pollock E, Cohen T, Murray M. The Impact of Realistic Age Structure in Simple Models of Tuberculosis Transmission. PLOS ONE 2010, 5: e8479. PMID: 20062531, PMCID: PMC2797602, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSimple modelReproductive ratioRealistic age structureSteady-state dynamicsBasic reproductive ratioMathematical descriptionMathematical modelParameter estimationRepresentative of modelsAnalytic argumentsInterpretation of modelsTuberculosis transmissionModelling assumptionsTB modelControl interventionsTB natural historyChronic infectious diseaseDisease dynamicsPublic health interventionsRealistic distributionExponential lifetimesAsymptomatic latent infectionIndividual-based modelPrevalence of infectionActive disease