2018
Progression from latent infection to active disease in dynamic tuberculosis transmission models: a systematic review of the validity of modelling assumptions
Menzies NA, Wolf E, Connors D, Bellerose M, Sbarra AN, Cohen T, Hill AN, Yaesoubi R, Galer K, White PJ, Abubakar I, Salomon JA. Progression from latent infection to active disease in dynamic tuberculosis transmission models: a systematic review of the validity of modelling assumptions. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2018, 18: e228-e238. PMID: 29653698, PMCID: PMC6070419, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30134-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTuberculosis transmission modelActive diseaseCumulative incidenceRisk factorsSystematic reviewNatural historyFeatures of epidemiologyDisease natural historyIndividual risk factorsTuberculosis natural historyEarliest available dateWeb of ScienceAnnual incidenceCochrane LibraryTuberculosis incidenceInclusion criteriaFuture tuberculosisLatent infectionInitial infectionIncidenceSubstantial proportionPopulation groupsAvailable dateInfectionDisease
2014
Incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis disease in children: systematic review and global estimates
Jenkins HE, Tolman AW, Yuen CM, Parr JB, Keshavjee S, Pérez-Vélez CM, Pagano M, Becerra MC, Cohen T. Incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis disease in children: systematic review and global estimates. The Lancet 2014, 383: 1572-1579. PMID: 24671080, PMCID: PMC4094366, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60195-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis diseaseTreatment-naive adultsMultidrug-resistant diseaseTuberculosis diseaseTuberculosis incidenceGlobal incidenceSystematic reviewCases of tuberculosisHarvard Medical SchoolGlobal tuberculosis incidenceGlobal annual incidenceTuberculosis riskAnnual incidencePatient groupUS National InstitutesWomen's HospitalInclusion criteriaInternal medicineNew diagnostic instrumentDisease riskTuberculosisIncidenceDiseaseHealth equity