2024
Racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosis and treatment outcomes among US-born people diagnosed with tuberculosis, 2003–19: an analysis of national surveillance data
Regan M, Li Y, Swartwood N, Barham T, Asay G, Cohen T, Hill A, Horsburgh C, Khan A, Marks S, Myles R, Salomon J, Self J, Menzies N. Racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosis and treatment outcomes among US-born people diagnosed with tuberculosis, 2003–19: an analysis of national surveillance data. The Lancet Public Health 2024, 9: e47-e56. PMID: 38176842, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00276-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational surveillance dataNon-Hispanic White peopleTreatment outcomesEthnic disparitiesSurveillance dataTuberculosis diagnosisUS National Tuberculosis Surveillance SystemIndex of disparityLog-binomial regression modelsNational Tuberculosis Surveillance SystemNon-Hispanic black peopleOverall high riskTuberculosis Surveillance SystemAlaska Native peopleTuberculosis patientsDiagnostic delayAdverse outcomesTuberculosis diseaseTuberculosis incidence
2015
The prospective evaluation of the TB strain typing service in England: a mixed methods study
Mears J, Vynnycky E, Lord J, Borgdorff MW, Cohen T, Crisp D, Innes JA, Lilley M, Maguire H, McHugh TD, Woltmann G, Abubakar I, Sonnenberg P. The prospective evaluation of the TB strain typing service in England: a mixed methods study. Thorax 2015, 71: thoraxjnl-2014-206480. PMID: 25882538, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic delayTB incidenceTB notification ratesProportion of infectionsMycobacterium tuberculosis diagnosisFalse-positive diagnosesCost-effectiveness analysisMixed-methods evaluationStrain typingTB programsProspective evaluationNotification ratesInfection increasesTuberculosis diagnosisPositive diagnosisPublic health dataComplex interventionsIncidenceMixed-methods studyRoutine laboratoryDiagnosisHealth dataCluster investigationsTypingMethods study
2012
Use of Spatial Information to Predict Multidrug Resistance in Tuberculosis Patients, Peru - Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Lin HH, Shin SS, Contreras C, Asencios L, Paciorek CJ, Cohen T. Use of Spatial Information to Predict Multidrug Resistance in Tuberculosis Patients, Peru - Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012, 18: 811-813. PMID: 22516236, PMCID: PMC3358052, DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111467.Peer-Reviewed Original Research