What we know about tuberculosis transmission: an overview

G Churchyard, P Kim, NS Shah… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis remains a global health problem with an enormous burden of disease,
estimated at 10.4 million new cases in 2015. To stop the tuberculosis epidemic, it is critical …

Drivers of tuberculosis transmission

B Mathema, JR Andrews, T Cohen… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Measuring tuberculosis transmission is exceedingly difficult, given the remarkable variability
in the timing of clinical disease after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; incident disease …

A systematic approach to estimating the effectiveness of multi-scale IAQ strategies for reducing the risk of airborne infection of SARS-CoV-2

J Shen, M Kong, B Dong, MJ Birnkrant, J Zhang - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has made more than 125 million …

Four-gene pan-African blood signature predicts progression to tuberculosis

S Suliman, EG Thompson, J Sutherland… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Contacts of patients with tuberculosis (TB) constitute an important target
population for preventive measures because they are at high risk of infection with …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A comprehensive review

J Shen, M Kong, B Dong, MJ Birnkrant… - … and Technology for the …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of deaths and great economic loss globally.
There has been substantial evidence supporting the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 …

The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward

A Trajman, I Felker, LC Alves, I Coutinho… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SM Gygli, C Loiseau, L Jugheli, N Adamia, A Trauner… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to
antimicrobial resistance. Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs …

Methods used in the spatial analysis of tuberculosis epidemiology: a systematic review

D Shaweno, M Karmakar, KA Alene, R Ragonnet… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) transmission often occurs within a household or community,
leading to heterogeneous spatial patterns. However, apparent spatial clustering of TB could …

High fluoroquinolone resistance proportions among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis driven by dominant L2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones in the Mumbai …

V Dreyer, A Mandal, P Dev, M Merker, I Barilar… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) strains are a serious health problem in India, also contributing to one-fourth of the …

Selection and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

DI Andersson, D Hughes - Microbiology spectrum, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ever since antibiotics were introduced into human and veterinary medicine to treat and
prevent bacterial infections there has been a steady selection and increase in the frequency …