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Dutour O, Colombo A, Coqueugniot H
Objective The development of tuberculosis is classically associated with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Our objective is to test this epidemiological hypothesis for populations in France between the 18th and 20th centuries using osteoarchaeological and historical sources.…
Yuanyuan Liu, Xinyu Wang, Xiao Peng, Lu Lu, Hui Yang, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Osteoarticular tuberculosis (OATB) in children may lead to bone and joint deformities, which seriously affect the growth and development of children. However, the epidemiological data on pediatric OATB are relatively scarce. The goal of this study is to understand…
Nomfanelo Maenetje, Matthew Oladimeji, Mandla Mlotshwa, Daniel Hoft, Christina Lindan, et al.
**INTRODUCTION:** Studying individuals who do not get infected with tuberculosis (TB) despite being persistently exposed to infectious TB may enable us to identify TB protective mechanisms. **METHODS:** Between Apr 2015 and Apr 2017, we recruited adult household contacts (HHCs) …
Candeloro L, Savini L, Conte A, Calistri P, Palma D, et al.
The One Health approach unites efforts across human-animal-environment interfaces against shared threats like zoonotic diseases. T-Racing is a Shiny web application, that supports epidemiological investigations and helps contain livestock-related disease spread, aligning with mul…
Yu Y, Xiang Y, Liu H, Yang S, Li M, et al.
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological and drug resistance (DR) characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in South-Central China. Methods EPTB inpatients who were culture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis were retrospectively included in …
Jane E. Gross, Charlotte C. Tenebäck, Julie Sweet, Silvia M. Caceres, Katie R. Poch, et al.
Abstract Rationale Outbreaks of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) have been reported at CF centers with conflicting conclusions. The occurrence of NTM at the UVMC (University of Vermont Medical Center) adult CF program was investigated. Ob…
Guthrie JL, Ronald LA, Cook VJ, Johnston J, Gardy JL
…d other demographic factors refines our understanding of TB epidemiology and local TB transmission. Background Population-level TB surveillance programs and research studies in low incidence settings often report all persons born outside the country in which the study is conducte…
Getachew Seid, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Betselot Zerihun, Ayinalem Alemu, Getu Diriba, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** The genotyping of the M. tuberculosis complex has significantly enhanced the comprehension of transmission dynamics and is employed to substantiate transmission dynamics among epidemiologically interconnected cases. This investigation sought to examine genomic div…
Lee MR, Chang LY, Ko JC, Wang HC, Huang YW
… present review aims to provide general insight into NTM-LD epidemiology in Taiwan. In reviewing NTM epidemiology in Taiwan, we discovered three distinguishing features. First, NTM disease incidence has increased in Taiwan over the past decade. Second, the distribution of NTM var…
Mattiuzzi C, Lippi G
…ticle provides an overview on the current worldwide disease epidemiology in older persons, analyzing information contained in the World Health Organization (WHO) health data and statistics database. Methods Epidemiology data on diseases in older persons (i.e., in subjects aged 60…
Mummadi SR, Stoller JK, Lopez R, Kailasam K, Gillespie CT, et al.
Background Comprehensive US epidemiologic data for adult pleural disease are not available. Research question What are the epidemiologic measures related to adult pleural disease in the United States? Study design and methods Retrospective cohort study using Healthcare Utilizatio…
André C. Pereira, Ana C. Reis, Mónica V. Cunha
…lonal complex (Eu2) in Iberia. In this work, we use genomic epidemiology to infer the emergence, spread, and spatiotemporal patterns of Eu2 in the official epidemiological risk area of animal TB in Portugal. Phylogenetic analysis of 144 <i>M. bovis</i> whole-genome sequences from…
Hahn RC, Rodrigues AM, Della Terra PP, Nery AF, Hoffmann-Santos HD, et al.
Background The fungus Paracoccidioides lutzii was recently included as a new causative species of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) and most cases have been reported from Brazil. According to available epidemiological information, P. lutzii is concentrated in the Middle-West region in…
Azar MM, Loyd JL, Relich RF, Wheat LJ, Hage CA
…psulatum are changing, leading to a corresponding change in epidemiology. The clinical manifestations of histoplasmosis are protean, variably resembling other common conditions such as community-acquired pneumonia, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease, or malignancy. Making…
Xu Y, Li Q, Zhu M, Wu X, Wang D, et al.
The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and profile of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) among children with TB in Sichuan province of China.From January 2015 to December 2018, microbiological culture-confirmed child TB cases (aged <15 years…
Dhawan V, Bown J, Lau A, Langlois-Klassen D, Kunimoto D, et al.
The epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in high-income countries is increasingly dictated by immigration. The influence of this trend on paediatric TB and TB elimination are not well defined. We undertook a 25-year conventional and molecular epidemiologic study of paediatric TB in …
Harris RC
Background: With an estimated 10.4 million incident tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2015, and the current trajectory of 1.5%/year incidence rate decline, new TB vaccines are urgently needed to help meet the WHO goal of tuberculosis elimination by 2050. However, insufficient epidemiolo…
Menzies NA, Parriott A, Shrestha S, Dowdy DW, Cohen T, et al.
…n. We conducted a comparative analysis of tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology and potential intervention effects in California, using three previously developed epidemiologic models of TB. Objectives: To compare the influence of various modeling methods and assumptions on epidemiologi…
Hensel J, McAndrews KM, McGrail DJ, Dowlatshahi DP, LeBleu VS, et al.
The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine provides protection against tuberculosis (TB), and is thought to provide protection against non-TB infectious diseases. BCG vaccination has recently been proposed as a strategy to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) to combat the C…
Yerezhepov D, Gabdulkayum A, Akhmetova A, Abilova Z, Rakhimova S, et al.
Objective Tuberculosis is a major health problem in many countries, including Kazakhstan. Host genetics can affect TB risk, and epidemiological and social factors may contribute to disease progression. Due to the high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the country, our resear…
Zhou J, Ma X, Lu TJ, Zhuang Y, Li JL, et al.
Objective We described epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among students and evaluated susceptible populations and areas in Guizhou province and also to provide scientific suggestions for prevention and control. Setting Guizhou, China. Design This is …
Ferreiro L, Ruano-Raviña A, Otero-Mallo R, Pou-Álvarez C, Riveiro-Blanco V, et al.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological trends and characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in Galicia, Spain, from 2000 to 2019. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on data from the Galician TB information system. RESULTS: Of the total number of …
Almeida SM, Malaspina AC, Leite CQF, Saad MHF
A drug resistance survey involving Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from patients of a tertiary Hospital in the Rio de Janeiro city (RJ), Brazil, between the years 1996 and 1998 revealed a high frequency of isoniazid (HR) resistance. These isolates were revisited and genotyped…
Hazelbag CM, Dushoff J, Dominic EM, Mthombothi ZE, Delva W
…ming public health policy in HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria epidemiology published between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2018. Articles were included if models stored individual-specific information, and calibration involved comparing model output to population-level targets. We…
Jéssica Simões Mendonça, Fabrício Sette Abrantes Silveira, Renata Maria Colodette, Deíse Moura de Oliveira, Érica Toledo de Mendonça, et al.
: Brazil must make progress toward eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem and achieving the goal of reducing treatment interruption to below 5%. Improving adherence requires a thorough understanding of the factors that influence this outcome.: To identify epidemiolog…