2019
A fieldable electrostatic air sampler enabling tuberculosis detection in bioaerosols
de Sousa N, Sandström N, Shen L, Håkansson K, Vezozzo R, Udekwu K, Croda J, Rothfuchs A. A fieldable electrostatic air sampler enabling tuberculosis detection in bioaerosols. Tuberculosis 2019, 120: 101896. PMID: 32090857, PMCID: PMC7049907, DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.101896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB hotspotsM. tuberculosisActive pulmonary diseaseAirborne M. tuberculosisElectrostatic air samplerInhalation of aerosolsViable Mycobacterium tuberculosisPulmonary diseaseTB controlTB transmissionM. bovis BCGTuberculosisInfectious diseasesMycobacterium tuberculosisBovis BCGTuberculosis detectionMore human livesMolecular signaturesDiseaseCoughPatientsWorld populationInhalationBCGImportant role
2015
Chronic symptoms and pulmonary dysfunction in post-tuberculosis Brazilian patients
de Sousa Elias Nihues S, Mancuzo E, Sulmonetti N, Sacchi F, de Souza Viana V, Netto E, Miranda S, Croda J. Chronic symptoms and pulmonary dysfunction in post-tuberculosis Brazilian patients. The Brazilian Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 19: 492-497. PMID: 26254689, PMCID: PMC9427540, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic respiratory symptomsPulmonary dysfunctionRespiratory symptomsChronic symptomsObstructive disordersPost-tuberculosis patientsPrevious pulmonary diseaseCross-sectional studyPulmonary diseaseRestrictive disordersPulmonary disordersBrazilian patientsHigh prevalenceReportable diseaseFurther interventionDysfunctionSymptomsPatientsPrevalenceLifestyle differencesDisordersAORNon-Indigenous individualsYears of schoolingDisease