Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in High-Incidence Settings—New Paradigms and Insights

M Coleman, L Martinez, G Theron, R Wood, B Marais - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis has affected humankind for thousands of years, but a deeper understanding of
its cause and transmission only arose after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium …

Missing men with tuberculosis: the need to address structural influences and implement targeted and multidimensional interventions

J Chikovore, M Pai, KC Horton, A Daftary… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is treatable but is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, with
men over-represented in some key aspects of the disease burden. Men's TB …

Impact of socio-economic factors on Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in north-eastern Uganda: a mixed methods study

J Nidoi, W Muttamba, S Walusimbi, JF Imoko… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem and at 48%, Karamoja in
North-Eastern Uganda has the lowest treatment success rate nationally. Addressing the …

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and greenness in relation to pulmonary tuberculosis in China: A nationwide modelling study

S Zhu, Y Wu, Q Wang, L Gao, L Chen, F Zeng… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies have attempted to clarify the relationship between the occurrence of
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and exposure to air pollutants. However, evidence from multi …

Who transmits tuberculosis to whom: a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study in Lima, Peru

L Trevisi, MB Brooks, MC Becerra… - American Journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The persistent burden of tuberculosis (TB) disease emphasizes the need to
identify individuals with TB for treatment and those at a high risk of incident TB for …

Prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Sudan: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Hajissa, M Marzan, MI Idriss, MA Islam - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is still one of the most critical issues impeding
worldwide TB control efforts. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to …

Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries

R Ragonnet, JM Trauer, N Geard, N Scott, ES McBryde - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) control efforts are hampered by an imperfect understanding
of TB epidemiology. The true age distribution of disease is unknown because a large …

Global dynamics of a tuberculosis model with sensitivity of the smear microscopy

DK Das, TK Kar - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2021 - Elsevier
Sputum smear microscopy and chest X-ray are the key TB diagnosis methods available in
resource-constrained health settings of many develo** countries worldwide. The test has …

Characterizing tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden urban and rural settings

JP Smith, JE Oeltmann, AN Hill, JL Tobias, R Boyd… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden settings are poorly
understood. Growing evidence suggests transmission may be characterized by extensive …

Quantifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics Across Global Settings: A Systematic Analysis

JP Smith, T Cohen, D Dowdy, S Shrestha… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The degree to which individual heterogeneity in the production of secondary cases
(“superspreading”) affects tuberculosis (TB) transmission has not been systematically …