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Kim K, Yang JS, Choi H, Kim H, Park SH, et al.
Molecular epidemiological data are needed to assess tuberculosis (TB)-management policy outcomes in South Korea. IS6110 restriction fragment-length polymorphism (IS6110-RFLP) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analyses are maj…
Fang Y, Zhou Q, Li L, Zhou Y, Sha W
Our study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and analyse the epidemiological characteristics of EPTB patients with or without pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). EPTB cases admitted in our hospital from January 2015 to December 2020 were include…
Coll P, García de Viedma D
…tiation between single strains opened the door to molecular epidemiology studies, which had helped us to progress in our knowledge of how this pathogen is transmitted in the progressively more complex socio-epidemiological scenario. The genetic stability of this microorganism led…
Bainomugisa A, Meumann EM, Rajahram GS, Ong RT, Coin L, et al.
…alth priority in eastern Malaysia. Knowledge of the genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis can help tailor public health interventions. Our aims were to determine tuberculosis genomic epidemiology and characterize resistance mutations in the ethnically diverse city of Kota Kinabalu…
Bruna Eduarda Bortolomai, Heloisa da Silveira Paro Pedro, Eloise Brasil de Moraes, Luciana da Silva Ruiz, Nathan Guilherme de Oliveira, et al.
…t PDL in the country. This study investigated the molecular epidemiology of TB in individuals from the general population (GP) and the PDL belonging to two Epidemiological Surveillance Groups in the state of São Paulo. A total of 522 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were …
Shang Y, Zhang TT, Wang ZF, Ma BZ, Yang N, et al.
The epidemic of tuberculosis has posed a serious burden in Qinghai province, it is necessary to clarify the epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal distribution of TB for future prevention and control measures. We used descriptive epidemiological methods and spatial …
Popovic I, Soares Magalhaes RJ, Ge E, Marks GB, Dong GH, et al.
Ambient air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor for disease globally. Air pollutants can increase the risk of some respiratory infections, but their effects on tuberculosis (TB) are unclear. In this systematic literature review, we aimed to assess epidemiological s…
Jeon S, Lim N, Park S, Park M, Kim S
Two molecular epidemiologic methods, IS 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (IS 6110 -RFLP) and 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR), are used worldwide in studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Conversely, …
Raspati C Koesoemadinata, Susan McAllister, Chuan-Chin Huang, Sri Hartati, Hanif Djunaedy, et al.
**INTRODUCTION:** In high tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries, considerable transmission of() likely occurs outside of households. We aimed to estimate the TB prevalence and incidence in households and neighbourhoods around known TB cases and to understand transmission patterns. …
Walter KS, Cohen T, Mathema B, Colijn C, Sobkowiak B, et al.
…on inferences. Methods We conducted a retrospective genomic epidemiology study in which we reanalysed publicly available sequence data from household transmission studies published in PubMed from database inception until Jan 31, 2024, for which both genomic and epidemiological co…
Springer YP, Kammerer JS, Felix D, Newell K, Tompkins ML, et al.
…estigated variation in patterns and potential drivers of TB epidemiology among geographically distinct AIAN subgroups. Methods Using data reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System during 2010-2020, we applied a geographic method of data disaggregation to compare a…
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 …
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…
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…
Kori VK, Bandil D, Asthana M, Maravi DS
…bones and joints. There is a paucity of data on skeletal TB epidemiology in the annual TB reports and current literature. Many atypical presentations of the disease have also emerged. This necessitates periodic observation of the epidemiological profile of OATB. The aim of this s…
Melki S, Mizouni G, Chebil D, Ben Abdelaziz A
Describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis in the last two decades (2000-2019) in the East region of Tunisia (city of Sousse). This was a descriptive retrospective analysis of notified incident cases of tuberculosis from 2000 to 2019 in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia. The data collec…
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…
Ez-Zari A, Farouk L, Mezzoug N, Mennane Z, Bouti K, et al.
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Morocco, specifically in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima region, which includes the city of Tetouan. Although the improvement in the epidemiological situation in Tetouan over the past two decades, this remains insu…
Oliveira O, Gaio R, Carvalho C, Correia-Neves M, Duarte R, et al.
Background Increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) incidence is a major threat against TB eradication worldwide. We aim to conduct a detailed MDR-TB study in Portugal, an European country with endemic TB, combining genetic analysis and epidemiological data, in order …
Zhang Z, Wu G, Yu A, Hu J, Zhang W, et al.
…ools. Methods This study adopted the methods of descriptive epidemiology to analyze the epidemic characteristics of tuberculosis aggregation in schools in Wuhan from January 2017 to December 2022, collecting the relevant data on tuberculosis prevention and control in all kinds of…
Loukman M, Olivier B, Vincent B, Rachid D, Cyril F, et al.
…nual deaths for 10 million cases. Little is known about the epidemiology of tuberculosis and its resistance in Reunion Island, which is at the heart of migratory flows from highly endemic Indian Ocean territories. Methods We carried out a retrospective observational study of case…
Mao Y, He R, Zhu B, Liu J, Zhang N
…ese five RIDs from 2006 to 2016. In addition to descriptive epidemiology analysis, seasonality and spatial autocorrelation analysis were also applied to explore the epidemiologic trends and spatial changing patterns of the five RIDs, respectively. The results indicated that the i…
Jiang H, Zhang G, Yin J, Zhao D, Liu F, et al.
Background In 2005, China established an internet-based Tuberculosis Information Management System (TBIMS) to monitor changes in tuberculosis (TB). Many scholars have conducted epidemiological research using TBIMS; however, few studies assessing control strategies have been perfo…
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.…
Che Y, Li X, Chen T, Lu Y, Sang G, et al.
…ealth concern in Ningbo, China. Understanding its molecular epidemiology and spatial distribution is paramount for effective control. Methods From December 24, 2020, to March 12, 2023, we collected clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains in Ningbo, with whole-genome seq…