2021
A Cluster-based Method to Quantify Individual Heterogeneity in Tuberculosis Transmission
Smith JP, Gandhi NR, Silk BJ, Cohen T, Lopman B, Raz K, Winglee K, Kammerer S, Benkeser D, Kramer MR, Hill AN. A Cluster-based Method to Quantify Individual Heterogeneity in Tuberculosis Transmission. Epidemiology 2021, 33: 217-227. PMID: 34907974, PMCID: PMC8886690, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001452.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Magnitude and sources of bias in the detection of mixed strain M. tuberculosis infection
Plazzotta G, Cohen T, Colijn C. Magnitude and sources of bias in the detection of mixed strain M. tuberculosis infection. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2014, 368: 67-73. PMID: 25553967, PMCID: PMC7011203, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMixed infectionsM. tuberculosis infectionIncidence of TBOutcome of treatmentPopulation-level interventionsFraction of casesTuberculosis infectionMinority strainsActual prevalenceInfected individualsInfectionStudy designMycobacterium tuberculosisPrevalenceSputumTuberculosisDistinct strainsDifferent strainsSources of biasPrevious studiesPatientsSpecific reasonsIncidenceIndividualsStrengthening the Reporting of Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases (STROME-ID): an extension of the STROBE statement
Field N, Cohen T, Struelens MJ, Palm D, Cookson B, Glynn JR, Gallo V, Ramsay M, Sonnenberg P, MacCannell D, Charlett A, Egger M, Green J, Vineis P, Abubakar I. Strengthening the Reporting of Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases (STROME-ID): an extension of the STROBE statement. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014, 14: 341-352. PMID: 24631223, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70324-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChecklistCommunicable DiseasesEpidemiologic Research DesignHumansMolecular EpidemiologyResearch DesignConceptsEpidemiological studiesInfectious diseasesMolecular epidemiologyControl of infectionMultiple-strain infectionsMolecular epidemiological studiesHealth policy decisionsObservational studySTROBE checklistEpidemiological dataEvidence reviewCommunicable diseasesInfectious disease researchSTROBE statementDiseaseInfectious disease data
2013
A tale of two settings: the role of the Beijing genotype in the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Stagg HR, Cohen T, Becerra MC, Anderson LF, Abubakar I. A tale of two settings: the role of the Beijing genotype in the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal 2013, 43: 632-5. PMID: 24036242, DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00140513.Peer-Reviewed Original Research