2025
Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis
Chitwood M, Corbett E, Ndhlovu V, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Andrews J, Burke R, Cudahy P, Dodd P, Imai-Eaton J, Engelthaler D, Folkerts M, Feasey H, Lan Y, Lewis J, McNichol J, Menzies N, Chipungu G, Nliwasa M, Weinberger D, Warren J, Salomon J, MacPherson P, Cohen T. Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0004040. PMID: 40173177, PMCID: PMC11964229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh HIV prevalence citiesTime of tuberculosisPoor health outcomesCity-wide interventionsTransmission of M. tuberculosisHealth outcomesTargeted interventionsHighest tuberculosis burdenTargeted screeningGeneral populationGeographic concentrationSurveillance dataCommunity characteristicsTuberculosis burdenLocal tacticsBlantyreWhole-genome sequencingInfectious tuberculosisCulture-positive tuberculosis casesInterventionMalawiSustained impactTreated individualsCityEvidence of local transmission
2024
Phylogeographic Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from Patients with M. kansasii Lung Disease in Industrialized City, Taiwan - Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Tobias Cudahy P, Liu P, Warren J, Sobkowiak B, Yang C, Ioerger T, Wu C, Lu P, Wang J, Chang H, Huang H, Cohen T, Lin H. Phylogeographic Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from Patients with M. kansasii Lung Disease in Industrialized City, Taiwan - Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 1562-1570. PMID: 39043390, PMCID: PMC11286038, DOI: 10.3201/eid3008.240021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsM. kansasii lung diseaseM. kansasii pulmonary diseasePulmonary diseaseM. kansasii isolatesSputum mycobacterial cultureWhole-genome sequencingEvaluate risk factorsPhylogeographic analysisAge of participantsGenetic relatednessEnvironmental acquisitionLung diseaseMycobacterial cultureOdds ratioRisk factorsM. kansasiiPatientsDiseasePlantsEnvironmental transmissionIsolatesPark plantingsCDCRisk
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