2021
Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review
Khundi M, Carpenter JR, Nliwasa M, Cohen T, Corbett EL, MacPherson P. Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e044715. PMID: 34257091, PMCID: PMC8278879, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic reviewCommunity public health interventionsGlobal elimination targetsCommunity-based screeningControl of HIVMass drug administrationPublic health interventionsData extraction toolIndoor residual sprayingEvidence of effectWeb of ScienceCochrane DatabaseElimination targetsCommunity screeningInclusion criteriaDrug AdministrationHIVComplex interventionsHealth interventionsInfectious diseasesTuberculosisIntensive interventionIntervention impactMalaria studiesResidual spraying
2020
The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis
Martinez L, Cords O, Horsburgh C, Andrews J, Consortium P, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Ahuja S, Altet N, Augusto O, Baliashvili D, Basu S, Becerra M, Bonnet M, Boom W, Borgdorff M, Boulahbal F, Carvalho A, Cayla J, Chakhaia T, Chan P, Cohen T, Croda J, Datta S, del Corral H, Denholm J, Dietze R, Dobler C, Donkor S, Egere U, Ellner J, Espinal M, Evans C, Fang C, Fielding K, Fox G, García L, García-Basteiro A, Geis S, Graham S, Grandjean L, Hannoun D, Hatherill M, Hauri A, Hesseling A, Hill P, Huang L, Huerga H, Hussain R, Jarlsberg L, Jones-López E, Kato S, Kato-Maeda M, Kampmann B, Kirchner H, Kritski A, Lange C, Lee C, Lee L, Lee M, Lemos A, Lienhardt C, Ling D, Liu Q, Lo N, Long R, Lopez-Varela E, Lu P, Magee M, Malone L, Mandalakas A, Martinson N, Mazahir R, Murray M, Netto E, Otero L, Parsonnet J, Reingold A, Schaaf H, Seddon J, Sharma S, Singh J, Singh S, Sloot R, Sotgiu G, Stein C, Iqbal N, Triasih R, Trieu L, van der Loeff M, Van der Stuyft P, van Schalkwyk C, Vashishtha R, Verhagen L, Villalba J, Wang J, Whalen C, Yoshiyama T, Zar H, Zellweger J, Zhu L. The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis. The Lancet 2020, 395: 973-984. PMID: 32199484, PMCID: PMC7289654, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30166-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of agePreventive therapyIncident tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionHazard ratioTuberculosis casesMixed-effects Poisson regression modelsSystematic reviewFinal analysisClose exposureIncident tuberculosis casesRisk of tuberculosisDevelopment of tuberculosisEMBASE electronic databasesIndividual participant dataPositive resultsPoisson regression modelsWeb of ScienceMixed-effects logistic modelBCG vaccinationCohort studyBaseline visitPrevalent tuberculosisContact investigationProspective study
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