2017
Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission
Mathema B, Andrews JR, Cohen T, Borgdorff MW, Behr M, Glynn JR, Rustomjee R, Silk BJ, Wood R. Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 216: s644-s653. PMID: 29112745, PMCID: PMC5853844, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecent transmissionTuberculosis transmissionTuberculosis casesCulture-positive tuberculosis casesInterferon-γ release assaysΓ release assaysTuberculin skin testMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionTuberculosis case notificationTransmission of tuberculosisPublic health systemPrevalent tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionSkin testIncident diseaseCase notificationClinical diseaseHealth systemCapacity of healthcareOngoing transmissionTuberculosisYoung childrenHighlight knowledge gapsInfection eventsWhole-genome sequencing
2014
Cigarette smoking among tuberculosis patients increases risk of transmission to child contacts
Huang CC, Tchetgen ET, Becerra MC, Cohen T, Galea J, Calderon R, Yataco R, Contreras C, Zhang ZB, Lecca L, Murray M. Cigarette smoking among tuberculosis patients increases risk of transmission to child contacts. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2014, 18: 1285-1291. PMID: 25299859, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculous infectionTuberculin skin testTB patientsIndex caseChild household contactsDrug-susceptible TBIndex TB patientsObservational cohort studySecondhand smoke exposureRisk of transmissionPoisson regression modelsHousehold contactsCohort studyTST positivityTuberculosis patientsTuberculous infectionSmoke exposureSmoking statusTuberculosis casesCigarette smokingSkin testRisk factorsPatientsInfection statusTime points