2022
Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Martinez L, Cords O, Liu Q, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bonnet M, Fox G, Carvalho A, Chan P, Croda J, Hill P, Lopez-Varela E, Donkor S, Fielding K, Graham S, Espinal M, Kampmann B, Reingold A, Huerga H, Villalba J, Grandjean L, Sotgiu G, Egere U, Singh S, Zhu L, Lienhardt C, Denholm J, Seddon J, Whalen C, García-Basteiro A, Triasih R, Chen C, Singh J, Huang L, Sharma S, Hannoun D, Del Corral H, Mandalakas A, Malone L, Ling D, Kritski A, Stein C, Vashishtha R, Boulahbal F, Fang C, Boom W, Netto E, Lemos A, Hesseling A, Kay A, Jones-López E, Horsburgh C, Lange C, Andrews J. Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 2022, 10: e1307-e1316. PMID: 35961354, PMCID: PMC10406427, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00283-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant BCG vaccinationBCG vaccinationExtrapulmonary tuberculosisCohort studyIndividual participant dataPulmonary tuberculosisParticipant dataSystematic reviewIndividual-level participant dataPositive tuberculin skin testMultivariable logistic regression analysisTuberculin skin testTuberculosis infection statusParticipant-level dataLogistic regression analysisAge-specific impactStudy-level random effectWeb of ScienceIncident tuberculosisPrevious tuberculosisTuberculosis developmentSecondary outcomesTuberculosis contactsPrimary outcomeSkin test
2013
Impact of Latent Infection Treatment in Indigenous Populations
Yuhara L, Sacchi F, Croda J. Impact of Latent Infection Treatment in Indigenous Populations. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71201. PMID: 23936264, PMCID: PMC3729554, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmear-positive index casesTuberculin skin testActive tuberculosisLatent infectionIndex caseInfection treatmentLatent tuberculosisActive diseaseTuberculosis contactsRetrospective studySkin testClinical recordsRisk factorsNotification databaseMultidisciplinary teamClose contactTuberculosisInfectionTreatmentAgeEstimated numberPresent studyMorbidityIndigenous BraziliansCases