2014
Age-Specific Risks of Tuberculosis Infection From Household and Community Exposures and Opportunities for Interventions in a High-Burden Setting
Zelner JL, Murray MB, Becerra MC, Galea J, Lecca L, Calderon R, Yataco R, Contreras C, Zhang Z, Grenfell BT, Cohen T. Age-Specific Risks of Tuberculosis Infection From Household and Community Exposures and Opportunities for Interventions in a High-Burden Setting. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2014, 180: 853-861. PMID: 25190676, PMCID: PMC4188339, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionHousehold contactsAge-specific riskYears of ageTuberculosis infectionLarge population-based prospective cohort studyPopulation-based prospective cohort studyHousehold exposureBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccineIncident pulmonary tuberculosisCommunity exposureProspective cohort studyCalmette-Guérin vaccineHigh-burden settingsPublic Health CenterCommunity-based transmissionRisk of infectionCohort studyLTBI prevalencePreventive therapyPulmonary tuberculosisTuberculosis patientsTuberculosis casesHousehold transmissionExcess risk
2011
Multiple Introductions of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis into Households, Lima, Peru - Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Cohen T, Murray M, Abubakar I, Zhang Z, Sloutsky A, Arteaga F, Chalco K, Franke MF, Becerra MC. Multiple Introductions of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis into Households, Lima, Peru - Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011, 17: 969-975. PMID: 21749756, PMCID: PMC3358204, DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR-TB patientsMDR-TBMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisTB patientsOptimal treatment regimensMDR Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug sensitivity testingHigh incidence areaRepetitive unit-variable number tandem repeatHousehold contactsTreatment regimensHousehold transmissionSecondary casesPatientsMycobacterium tuberculosisSensitivity testingCommunity exposureTuberculosisNumber tandem repeatTBSecond strainExposureRegimensSpoligotyping