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Kimura Y, Sasabuchi Y, Jo T, Hashimoto Y, Kumazawa R, et al.
…wing to its substantial health burden. However, the precise epidemiology and prognosis of the disease are still unclear due to the lack of a nationwide descriptive analysis. This study aimed to elucidate the epidemiology of patients with CPA and to investigate their prognosis. Me…
Furuuchi K, Morimoto K, Yoshiyama T, Tanaka Y, Fujiwara K, et al.
…e limited. We aimed to clarify the long-term changes in the epidemiology and clinical features of NTM-PD in relation to those of TB at a nationally-designated TB center in Japan. Methods We reviewed all mycobacterial examination records at Fukujuji Hospital between 2006 and 2016.…
Deng LL, Han YJ, Li ZW, Wang DY, Chen T, et al.
Background Respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) remain a pressing public health concern, posing a significant threat to the well-being and lives of individuals. This study delves into the incidence of seven primary RIDs during the period 2017-2021, aiming to gain deeper insight…
Bahizi G, Majwala RK, Kisaka S, Nyombi A, Musisi K, et al.
…da Bureau of Statistics to calculate incidence. Descriptive epidemiology was performed, and logistic regression used to assess trends. Results We identified 1474 patients whose mean age was 36 ± 17 years. Overall incidence was 3.8/100,000 population. Males were more affected by R…
Edwards BD, Edwards J, Cooper R, Kunimoto D, Somayaji R, et al.
…R-TB cases in Alberta, Canada from 2007-2017 to explore the epidemiology and outcomes in our low incidence setting. We performed a descriptive analysis of the epidemiology, treatment regimens and associated outcomes, calculating differences in continuous and discrete variables us…
Morey-León G, Mejía-Ponce PM, Fernández-Cadena JC, García-Moreira E, Andrade-Molina D, et al.
…r outbreak control. This study aimed to explore the genomic epidemiology and genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis in Ecuador by analyzing 88 local isolates and 415 public genomes from 19 countries within the Euro-American lineage (L4). Our results revealed significant genomic div…
Guthrie JL, Kong C, Roth D, Jorgensen D, Rodrigues M, et al.
Background Understanding regional molecular epidemiology allows for the development of more efficient tuberculosis prevention strategies in low-incidence settings. Methods We analyzed 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) ge…
Potosí JA, Gutiérrez YM, González FE
… of histoplasmosis delayed diagnosis and treatment when its epidemiology is unknown. Informed consent was requested to review patients’ medical records and case report publication. The first case was a patient diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus and generalized presence o…
Jackson S, Kabir Z, Comiskey C
…nuing a national universal BCG vaccination programme on the epidemiology of paediatric TB cases. Methods We retrospectively analysed TB notifications aged 0-6 years old reported to the Irish National TB Surveillance System between 2011 and 2021. Key epidemiological characteristic…
Gafar F, Ochi T, Van't Boveneind-Vrubleuskaya N, Akkerman OW, Erkens C, et al.
… not been fully evaluated. Therefore, we aimed to assess TB epidemiology within this population to provide guidance for TB elimination. Methods A retrospective time-series analysis using national surveillance data from 1993-2018 was performed in children (aged Results Among 3899 …
Park S, Sung C, Choi H, Lee YW, Kang Y, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the serious infectious diseases in South Korea, with 49 new cases per 100,000 people and 629 multi-drug resistant (MDR) cases reported in 2020. TB is increasing among immigrants in S. Korea, and various TB case finding strategies are being p…
Wang H, Dai H, He J, Lyu X, Zhang X, et al.
Background Patients with pneumoconiosis have an elevated risk of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and need particular attention. However, extensive population-based studies on the prevalence of PTB in patients with pneumoconiosis have not been reported in China since 1992…
Dwyer R, Goosen W, Buss P, Kedward S, Manamela T, et al.
… (KNP), South Africa. In this population-based study of the epidemiology of M. bovis in 437 African rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum), we report an estimated prevalence of 15.4% (95% CI: 10.4 to 21.0%), based on results from mycobacterial culture and an antigen-s…
Varanda J, Abecasis A
In 1988, the remote mining town of Dundo, in Lunda-Norte, Angola, displayed an anomalously high HIV-1 prevalence of 14.2%, despite the absence of recognised epidemic drivers. Archival and epidemiological evidence suggests that colonial medical interventions, rather than sexual tr…
Ulmann V, Modrá H, Bartoš M, Caha J, Hübelová D, et al.
The paper concerns the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) members except for M. tuberculosis in the Czech Republic in 2000 to 2016. M. bovis was confirmed in 18 patients. M. caprae was diagnosed in two patients in 2001 and 2016 and M. microti in one patient…
Di Marco Lo Presti V, Capucchio MT, Fiasconaro M, Puleio R, La Mancusa F, et al.
Mycobacterium bovis ( M. bovis ) is the causative agent of animal tuberculosis (bTB), infecting and causing disease in several animal species. In areas where there are complex interactions between reservoir hosts and susceptible species, the control of this pathogen is a challeng…
Fang T, Xiang Y, Li W, Liu B, Liu H, et al.
Objectives To investigate the clinical epidemiological and drug resistance (DR) characteristics of lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) in Hunan Province which locates in South-central China, and to provide scientific clues for effective prevention and treatment of LNTB. Methods We ret…
Sheikhpour M, Mirbahari SN, Sadr M, Maleki M, Arabi M, et al.
…etween tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer (LC) in diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment is still unclear. Based on different cohort and retrospective studies, this correlation could be justified by immune weakness because of exposure to TB which may increase the risk of LC. In th…
Marianelli C, Verrubbi V, Pruiti Ciarello F, Ippolito D, Pacciarini ML, et al.
Introduction The persistence of animal tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is a major concern in Sicily, Italy. The objective of this study was to elucidate the transmission dynamics of M. bovis infection in a highly circumscribed, and at the same time geographically diverse, high-ris…
Kendall EA, Malhotra S, Cook-Scalise S, Denkinger CM, Dowdy DW
…likely clinical impact and how this impact depends on local epidemiology and implementation strategy. Methods A Markov state-transition model of 100,000 representative South African adults with TB was used to simulate implementation of the regimen BPaMZ (bedaquiline, pretomanid, …
Yang T, Wang Y, Liu Q, Jiang Q, Hong C, et al.
…ften a disease of recent immigrants, and understanding this epidemiology is crucial for designing effective control and prevention strategies. Methods We conducted a retrospective population-based genomic epidemiological study of culture-positive pulmonary TB patients diagnosed b…
Tao NN, Li YF, Liu YX, Liu JY, Song WM, et al.
…s (PTB) are urgently needed. Methods We described trends in epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes in seven cities of Shandong province, China, during 2005-2017. Data were collected from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention. Resu…
Doroshenko A, Pepperell CS, Heffernan C, Egedahl ML, Mortimer TD, et al.
Background In Canada, tuberculosis disproportionately affects foreign-born and First Nations populations. Within First Nations' peoples, a high proportion of cases occur in association with outbreaks. Tuberculosis transmission in the context of outbreaks is thought to result from…
Shrestha S, Mishra G, Hamal M, Dhital R, Shrestha S, et al.
…s and must be combined with other interventions to alter TB epidemiology significantly.
Wang Y, Zhang B, Xue C, Li Y, Li X
We aimed to assess the temporal epidemiological trends in tuberculosis (TB) by use of an advanced Theta method. The TB incidence data from Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Hubei, and Guangxi provinces in China, spanning January 2005 to December 2019, were extracted. We then constructed and…