2025
Quantifying disruptions to tuberculosis case detection in Brazilian states during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chitwood M, Menzies N, Bartholomay P, Pelissari D, de Barros Silva Júnior J, Harada L, Johansen F, Maciel E, Castro M, Sanchez M, Warren J, Cohen T. Quantifying disruptions to tuberculosis case detection in Brazilian states during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2025, 54: dyaf146. PMID: 40838691, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaf146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-pandemic levelsTB casesCase detectionCOVID-19 pandemicBrazilian healthcare systemTB notification ratesTB case detectionHealth system disruptionsTuberculosis case detectionCase detection rateMortality dataHealthcare systemIncident TBMeta-regression frameworkTB incidenceNotification ratesSymptomatic TBCase notificationCOVID-19TB controlTB diagnosisBrazilian statesPandemicCareIndividuals
2024
Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries
Prunas O, Shioda K, Toscano C, Bastias M, Valenzuela-Bravo M, Tito J, Warren J, Weinberger D, de Oliveira L. Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: e768-e776. PMID: 38502711, PMCID: PMC11481321, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAll-cause pneumoniaPneumonia deathsPneumonia mortalityAge groupsPneumococcal conjugate vaccineProportion of IPD casesInvasive pneumococcal diseaseMulti-country studyIPD casesOlder age groupsPopulation-level impactMortality dataYears of ageInvasive pneumococcal disease casesConjugate vaccinePneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductionEffect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesTemporal trendsImpact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesUnvaccinated age groupsMortalityEvaluate changesPost-vaccination periodVaccine serotypesNo significant changes
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