2020
Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data
Gunasekera KS, Zelner J, Becerra MC, Contreras C, Franke MF, Lecca L, Murray MB, Warren JL, Cohen T. Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data. BMC Medicine 2020, 18: 234. PMID: 32873309, PMCID: PMC7466499, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01702-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Tuberculosis ProgrammeActive case-finding interventionsCase-finding interventionsTuberculosis transmissionNotification dataTuberculosis ProgrammeTuberculosis incidenceChild casesChildhood tuberculosis casesRecent transmission eventsProportion of casesCase notification dataMolecular epidemiological methodsMolecular epidemiologic methodsEndemic infectious diseasesTuberculosis casesProspective studyAdult casesDisease progressionNotification registerProgrammatic dataDistricts of LimaEpidemiological methodsInfectious diseasesTransmission hotspots
2015
Data for action: collection and use of local data to end tuberculosis
Theron G, Jenkins HE, Cobelens F, Abubakar I, Khan AJ, Cohen T, Dowdy DW. Data for action: collection and use of local data to end tuberculosis. The Lancet 2015, 386: 2324-2333. PMID: 26515676, PMCID: PMC4708262, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00321-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Disease Mapping with Spatially Uncertain Data
Manjourides J, Cohen T, Jeffery C, Pagano M. Disease Mapping with Spatially Uncertain Data. Online Journal Of Public Health Informatics 2013, 5 PMCID: PMC3692831, DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNew TB casesDrug sensitivity testingTB casesProgrammatic dataHigh TB burdenDrug-resistant casesTB burdenIncident casesResistant casesUnderlying burdenHigh riskRoutine dataDisease acquisitionInverse probabilityTransmission hotspotsSensitivity testingNon-random sampleRiskLocation of casesReduced testingDiseaseRepresentative sampleUnadjusted dataDRTBUntested cases
2012
Linking Surveillance with Action against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Cohen T, Manjourides J, Hedt-Gauthier B. Linking Surveillance with Action against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2012, 186: 399-401. PMID: 22592806, PMCID: PMC3443807, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201203-0394pp.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisForms of TBDrug-resistant TBManagement of patientsDrug-resistant tuberculosisSecond-line drugsEffective public health responseDrug susceptibility testingPublic health responseQuality-assured treatmentMDRTB treatmentIncident casesHigh burdenProgrammatic dataHealth responseDrug resistanceSusceptibility testingImproved surveillance methodsPopulation subgroupsSurveillance methodsSurveillance activitiesTuberculosisClear roleTreatmentRecent global estimatesIdentifying 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