2012
Identifying multidrug resistant tuberculosis transmission hotspots using routinely collected data
Manjourides J, Lin HH, Shin S, Jeffery C, Contreras C, Santa Cruz J, Jave O, Yagui M, Asencios L, Pagano M, Cohen T. Identifying multidrug resistant tuberculosis transmission hotspots using routinely collected data. Tuberculosis 2012, 92: 273-279. PMID: 22401962, PMCID: PMC3323731, DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug sensitivity testTransmission hotspotsRetreatment casesDrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemicRisk of MDRTime of diagnosisDrug-resistant diseaseTB casesResistant diseaseTuberculosis epidemicHigh riskUntreated casesProgrammatic dataMDRTBRiskMDRHigh levelsTargeted investigationGeographic areasCasesDiseaseDiagnosisSensitivity tests
2010
Estimating the magnitude and direction of bias in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys conducted only in the public sector: a simulation study
Cohen T, Hedt BL, Pagano M. Estimating the magnitude and direction of bias in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys conducted only in the public sector: a simulation study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10: 355. PMID: 20565947, PMCID: PMC2898828, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-355.Peer-Reviewed Original Research