2024
Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum infection among high-risk populations from Brazil
Queiroz J, Barbosa M, Perez E, da Silva B, de Souza G, Gonçalves C, Croda J, Simionatto S. Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum infection among high-risk populations from Brazil. Acta Tropica 2024, 256: 107255. PMID: 38761835, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexually transmitted infectionsHigh-risk groupCases of syphilisFactors associated with syphilisPregnant womenHistory of sexually transmitted infectionsPublic health strategiesHealthy populationSignificant public health concernPrevent future complicationsHigh risk of infectionHigh-risk populationPublic health concernHealth strategiesParticipant demographicsCross-sectional oneRisk of infectionVulnerable populationsFuture complicationsPLHIVTreatment outcomesHealth concernHigh riskSyphilisInfectionSerial Mass Screening for Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Persons in Brazil
de Araujo R, Martinez L, da Silva Santos A, Lemos E, de Oliveira R, Croda M, Silva D, Lemes I, Cunha E, Gonçalves T, dos Santos P, da Silva B, Gonçalves C, Andrews J, Croda J. Serial Mass Screening for Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Persons in Brazil. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024, 78: 1669-1676. PMID: 38324908, PMCID: PMC11175667, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScreening roundsIncarcerated personsMass screeningIndividual prisonersIncarcerated peoplePrison populationBrazilian prisonsCases of pulmonary tuberculosisHigh-risk populationPrisonHealth QuestionnaireChest X-rayImprove case detectionPrevalence of tuberculosisRate of tuberculosisTB screeningMedian scoreHyperendemic settingsPulmonary tuberculosisXpert MTB/RIFTB scoreTuberculosis casesTuberculosis burdenCase detectionTuberculosis
2018
Building capacity for advances in tuberculosis research; proceedings of the third RePORT international meeting
van der Heijden Y, Abdullah F, Andrade B, Andrews J, Christopher D, Croda J, Ewing H, Haas D, Hatherill M, Horsburgh C, Mave V, Nakaya H, Rolla V, Srinivasan S, Sugiyono R, Ugarte-Gil C, Hamilton C. Building capacity for advances in tuberculosis research; proceedings of the third RePORT international meeting. Tuberculosis 2018, 113: 153-162. PMID: 30514497, PMCID: PMC6349374, DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.09.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetes mellitusTuberculosis researchActive pulmonary tuberculosisHigh-risk populationEnrollment of participantsContext of HIVUnderstanding of tuberculosisHousehold contactsActive tuberculosisObservational cohortPulmonary tuberculosisDiabetes mellitusTuberculosis transmissionClinical dataIncipient tuberculosisNovel biomarkersTB participantsHost immunityStandardized research protocolsTuberculosisResearch capacity developmentHIVResearch protocolBiomarker identificationInternational meetings
2016
Impact of mass-screening on tuberculosis incidence in a prospective cohort of Brazilian prisoners
Paião DS, Lemos EF, Carbone AD, Sgarbi RV, Junior AL, da Silva FM, Brandão LM, dos Santos LS, Martins VS, Simionatto S, Motta-Castro AR, Pompílio MA, Urrego J, Ko AI, Andrews JR, Croda J. Impact of mass-screening on tuberculosis incidence in a prospective cohort of Brazilian prisoners. BMC Infectious Diseases 2016, 16: 533. PMID: 27716170, PMCID: PMC5048439, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1868-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTuberculin skin testingActive tuberculosisRisk factorsSubsequent diseaseProspective cohort studyEarly case detectionHigh transmission settingsHigh-risk populationPotential risk factorsProportional hazards modelSubsequent disease riskMass screening interventionTST conversionCohort studyProspective cohortHIV testingTuberculosis infectionScreening interventionsSkin testingTB notificationsTuberculosis incidenceSubsequent riskCase detectionSputum samplesActive screening