TB-Related Articles

Journal Articles Published by Division of TB Elimination (DTBE) Authors

2015 DTBE Publications

Agaya J, Nnadi CD, Odhiambo J, Obonyo C, Obiero V, Lipke V, Okeyo E, Cain K, Oeltmann JE. Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Kisumu, Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Dec;20(12):1797-804. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12601. PMID: 26376085.

Baker BJ, Holtmon PD. Additional benefits of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis among inpatients. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 15;60(8):1287-8. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ006. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Balaban V, Marks SM, Etkind SC, Katz DJ, Higashi J, Flood J, Cronin A, Ho CS, Khan A, Chorba T. Tuberculosis Elimination Efforts in the United States in the Era of Insurance Expansion and the Affordable Care Act. Public Health Rep. 2015 Jul-Aug;130(4):349-54. PMID: 26345625.

Baldwin PR, Reeves AZ, Powell KR, Napier RJ, Swimm AI, Sun A, Giesler K, Bommarius B, Shinnick TM, Snyder JP, Liotta DC, Kalman D. Monocarbonyl analogs of curcumin inhibit growth of antibiotic sensitive and resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Eur J Med Chem. 2015 Mar 6;92:693-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.01.020. Epub 2015 Jan 10. PMID: 25618016.

Bemis K, Thornton A, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Lowenthal P, Escobedo M, Sosa LE, Tibbs A, Sharnprapai S, Moser KS, Cochran J, Lobato MN. Civil Surgeon Tuberculosis Evaluations for Foreign-Born Persons Seeking Permanent U.S. Residence. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25672993.

Binepal  P, Agarwal P, Kaur N, Singh B, Bhagat V, Verma RP, Satyanarayana S, Oeltmann JE, Moonan PK. Screening difficult-to-reach populations for tuberculosis using a mobile medical unit, Punjab India. Public Health Action. 2015;5(4):177-79.

Bliven-Sizemore EE, Sterling TR, Shang N, Benator D, Schwartzman K, Reves R, Drobeniuc J, Bock N, Villarino ME; TB Trials Consortium. Three months of weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid is less hepatotoxic than nine months of daily isoniazid for LTBI. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Sep;19(9):1039-44. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0829. PMID: 26260821.

Borgdorff MW, Cain KP, DeCock KM. The molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in settings with a high HIV prevalence: implications for control. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 1;211(1):8-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu404. Epub 2014 Jul 22. PMID: 25053740.

Bulage L, Imoko J, Kirenga B, Lo T, Byabajungu T, Musisi K, Joloba M, Bloss E. Quality of sputum submitted for drug susceptibility testing at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Uganda, July-October 2013. Journal of Tuberculosis Research. 2015 Sep; 3(3):97-106.

Cain KP, Marano N, Kamene M, Sitienei J, Mukherjee S, Galev A, Burton J, Nasibov O, Kioko J, De Cock KM. The Movement of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis across Borders in East Africa Needs a Regional and Global Solution. PLoS Med. 2015 Feb 24;12(2):e1001791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001791. eCollection 2015 Feb.  PMID: 25710472.

Cain KP, Shah NS. (Not) measuring in the dark. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Nov;19(11):1270. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0782. PMID: 26467576.

Cavanaugh J, Viney K, Kienene T, Harley D, Kelly PM, Sleigh A, O'Connor J, Mase S. Effect of diabetes on tuberculosis presentation and outcomes in Kiribati. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 May;20(5):643-649. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12468. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Cavanaugh JS, Kurbatova E, Alami NN, Mangan J, Sultana Z, Ahmed S, Begum V, Sultana S, Daru P, Ershova J, Golubkov A, Banu S, Heffelfinger JD. Evaluation of Community-Based Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Oct 22. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12625. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26489698.

CDC (Scott C, Kirking HL, Jeffries C, Price SF, Pratt R) Tuberculosis Trends — United States, 2014. MMWR 2015 March 20; 64(10);265-269.  

CDC (Scott C, Kirking HL, Jeffries C, Price SF, Pratt R) World TB Day — March 24, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Mar 20;64(10):265-9.

Cegielski JP, Chen MP, Tupasi TE, Leimane V, Volchenkov GV. Global Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study Investigators. Reply to Soman et al, Alffenaar et al, Metcalfe et al, and Raoult. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):971-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu1150. Epub 2014 Dec 19. PMID: 25527654.

Cegielski JP, Kurbatova E, van der Walt M, Brand J, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Campos Caoili J, Dalton T, Contreras C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Kuksa L, Chen MP, Via LE, Hwang SH, Wolfgang M, Volchenkov GV, Somova T, Smith SE, Akksilp S, Wattanaamornkiet W, Kim HJ, Kim CK, Kazennyy BY, Khorosheva T, Kliiman K, Viiklepp P, Jou R, Huang AS, Vasilyeva IA, Demikhova OV; Global PETTS Investigators. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Relation to Treatment, Initial and Acquired Second-Line Drug Resistance. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 27. pii: civ910. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26508515

Cegielski P, Vernon A. Tuberculosis and vitamin D: what's the rest of the story? Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 May;15(5):489-90. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70163-5. Epub 2015 Apr 8.

Chapman KN, Pevzner E, Mangan JM, Breese P, Lamunu D, Shrestha-Kuwahara R, Nakibali JG, Goldberg SV. Evaluation of the informed consent process of a multicenter tuberculosis treatment trial. AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2015;6:31–43. DOI:10.1080/23294515.2015.1015184.

Chorba, T. A master medalist, a President, tuberculosis and a Congress: contributions more lasting than bronze. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015;21:553-4.

Click, ES. How is TB transmitted? [Short communication] Chest 2015 April;147(4):e158. DOI:10.1378/chest.14-3111. PubMed ID: 25846543.

Coscolla M, Barry PM, Oeltmann JE, Koshinsky H, Shaw T, Cilnis M, Posey J, Rose J, Weber T, Fofanov VY, Gagneux S, Kato-Maeda M, Metcalfe JZ. Genomic epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during transcontinental spread. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 15;212(2):302-10. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv025. Epub 2015 Jan 18.

Davidow AL, Katz D, Ghosh S, Blumberg H, Tamhane A, Sevilla A, Reves R. Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium. Preventing Infectious Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Foreign-Born Residents of the United States. Am J Public Health. 2015 Sep;105(9):e81-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302662. Epub 2015 Jul 16.

Denkinger CM, Kik SV, Cirillo DM, Casenghi M, Shinnick T, Weyer K, Gilpin C, Boehme CC, Schito M, Kimerling M, Pai M. Defining the needs for next generation assays for tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 1;211 Suppl 2:S29-38. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu821.

Deshmukh RD, Dhande DJ, Sachdeva KS, Sreenivas A, Kumar AM, Satyanarayana S, Parmar M, Moonan PK, Lo TQ. Patient and Provider Reported Reasons for Lost to Follow Up in MDRTB Treatment: A Qualitative Study from a Drug Resistant TB Centre in India. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 24;10(8):e0135802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135802. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26301748.

Dorman SE, Savic RM, Goldberg S, Stout JE, Schluger N, Muzanyi G, Johnson JL, Nahid P, Hecker EJ, Heilig CM, Bozeman L, Feng PJ, Moro RN, MacKenzie W, Dooley KE, Nuermberger EL, Vernon A, Weiner M; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. Daily rifapentine for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A randomized, dose-ranging trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Feb 1;191(3):333-43. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201410-1843OC.

Ershova JV, Volchenkov GV, Kaminski DA, Somova TR, Kuznetsova TA, Kaunetis NV, Cegielski JP, Kurbatova EV. Epidemiology of Primary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2048-51. doi: 10.3201/eid2111.150813. PMID: 26488585.

France AM, Grant J, Kammerer JS, Navin TR. A Field-Validated Approach Using Surveillance and Genotyping Data to Estimate Tuberculosis Attributable to Recent Transmission in the United States. Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Nov 1;182(9):799-807. Epub 2015 Oct 13. PMID: 26464470.

Gallivan M, Shah N, Flood J. Epidemiology of human Mycobacterium bovis disease, California, USA, 2003-2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar;21(3):435-43. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141539. PMID: 25693687.

Getahun H, Matteelli A, Abubakar I, Aziz MA, Baddeley A, Barreira D, Den Boon S, Borroto Gutierrez SM, Bruchfeld J, Burhan E, Cavalcante S, Cedillos R, Chaisson R, Chee CB, Chesire L, Corbett E, Dara M, Denholm J, de Vries G, Falzon D, Ford N, Gale-Rowe M, Gilpin C, Girardi E, Go UY, Govindasamy D, Grant AD, Grzemska M, Harris R, Horsburgh CR Jr, Ismayilov A, Jaramillo E, Kik S, Kranzer K, Lienhardt C, LoBue P, Lönnroth K, Marks G, Menzies D, Migliori GB, Mosca D, Mukadi YD, Mwinga A, Nelson L, Nishikiori N, Oordt-Speets A, Rangaka MX, Reis A, Rotz L, Sandgren A, Sañé Schepisi M, Schünemann HJ, Sharma SK, Sotgiu G, Stagg HR, Sterling TR, Tayeb T, Uplekar M, van der Werf MJ, Vandevelde W, van Kessel F, Van't Hoog A, Varma JK, Vezhnina N, Voniatis C, Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten M, Weil D, Weyer K, Wilkinson RJ, Yoshiyama T, Zellweger JP, Raviglione M. Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries. Eur Respir J. 2015 Sep 24. pii: ERJ-01245-2015. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01245-2015. [Epub ahead of print].  PMID: 26405286.

Grosset J, Vernon A. A reader's guide to the bactericidal activity of pyrazinamide and clofazimine alone and in combinations with pretomanid and bedaquiline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Apr 15;191(8):871-3. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201502-0367ED. PMID:25876201

Haddad MB, Mitruka K, Oeltmann JE, Johns EB, Navin TR. Characteristics of Tuberculosis Cases that Started Outbreaks in the United States, 2002-2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar;21(3):508-10. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141475.

Hirsch-Moverman Y, Cronin WA, Chen B, Moran JA, Munk E, Reichler MR; Tuberculosis Epidemiological Studies Consortium Task Order 2 Team. HIV counseling and testing in tuberculosis contact investigations in the United States and Canada. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Aug;19(8):943-53. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0642. PMID: 26162361.

Hirsch-Moverman Y, Shrestha-Kuwahara R, Bethel J, Blumberg HM, Venkatappa TK, Horsburgh CR, Colson PW. Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC). Latent tuberculous infection in the United States and Canada: who completes treatment and why? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jan;19(1):31-8. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0373.

Howley MM, Painter JA, Katz DJ, Graviss EA, Reves R, Beavers SF, Garrett DO; Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium. Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube and tuberculin skin tests among immigrant children being screened for latent tuberculosis infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jan;34(1):35-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000494. PMID: 25093974.

Interrante JD, Haddad MB, Kim L, Gandhi NR.  Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Late Recurrent Tuberculosis in the United States. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Nov;12(11):1619-26. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201507-429OC. PMID: 26325356.

Interrante JD, Haddad MB, Kim L, Gandhi NR. Reply: Missing Stowaways and Lack of Expected Concurrent Infections. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Dec;12(12):1898-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201509-651LE. No abstract available. PMID: 26653200.

Jackson DA, Mailer K, Porter KA, Niemeier RT, Fearey DA, Pope L, Lambert LA, Mitruka K, de Perio MA. Challenges in assessing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in long-term-care facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2015 May 5. pii: S0196-6553(15)00223-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.035. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25952618.

Jackson-Morris A, Fujiwara PI, Pevzner E. Clearing the smoke around the TB-HIV syndemic: smoking as a critical issue for TB and HIV treatment and care. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Sep;19(9):1003-6. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0813. PMID: 26260816.

Jayakumar A, Vittinghoff E, Segal MR, MacKenzie WR, Johnson JL, Gitta P, Saukkonen J, Anderson J, Weiner M, Engle M, Yoon C, Kato-Maeda M, Nahid P; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. Serum biomarkers of treatment response within a randomized clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2015 Jul;95(4):415-20. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2015.04.011. Epub 2015 May 9.

Khaparde K, Jethani P, Dewan PK, Nair SA, Deshpande MR, Satyanarayana S, Mannan S, Moonan PK. Evaluation of TB Case Finding through Systematic Contact Investigation, Chhattisgarh, India. Tuberc Res Treat. 2015;2015:670167. doi: 10.1155/2015/670167. Epub 2015 Jul 6. PMID: 26236503.

Kurbatova EV, Cegielski JP, Lienhardt C, Akksilp R, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Caoili J, Contreras C, Dalton T, Danilovits M, Demikhova OV, Ershova J, Gammino VM, Gelmanova I, Heilig CM, Jou R, Kazennyy B, Keshavjee S, Kim HJ, Kliiman K, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Mitnick CD, Quelapio I, Riekstina V, Smith SE, Tupasi T, van der Walt M, Vasilyeva IA, Via LE, Viiklepp P, Volchenkov G, Walker AT, Wolfgang M, Yagui M, Zignol M. Sputum culture conversion as a prognostic marker for end-of-treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a secondary analysis of data from two observational cohort studies. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Mar;3(3):201-9. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00036-3. Epub 2015 Feb 26. PMID: 25726085.

Kurbatova EV, Dalton T, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Van Der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Contreras C, Leimane V, Via LE, Kim H, Akksilp S, Kazennyy BY, Volchenkov GV, Jou R, Kliiman K, Demikhova OV, Cegielski JP. Additional drug resistance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients in 9 countries. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):977-83. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141329. PMID: 25988299.

Lim JR, Gandhi NR, Mthiyane T, Mlisana K, Moodley J, Jaglal P, Ramdin N, Brust JC, Ismail N, Rustomjee R, Shah NS. Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 6;10(7):e0132076. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132076. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26147963.

Lönnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, D'Ambrosio L, de Vries G, Diel R, Douglas P, Falzon D, Gaudreau MA, Goletti D, González Ochoa ER, LoBue P, Matteelli A, Njoo H, Solovic I, Story A, Tayeb T, van der Werf MJ, Weil D, Zellweger JP, Abdel Aziz M, Al Lawati MR, Aliberti S, Arrazola de Oñate W, Barreira D, Bhatia V, Blasi F, Bloom A, Bruchfeld J, Castelli F, Centis R, Chemtob D, Cirillo DM, Colorado A, Dadu A, Dahle UR, De Paoli L, Dias HM, Duarte R, Fattorini L, Gaga M, Getahun H, Glaziou P, Goguadze L, Del Granado M, Haas W, Järvinen A, Kwon GY, Mosca D, Nahid P, Nishikiori N, Noguer I, O'Donnell J, Pace-Asciak A, Pompa MG, Popescu GG, Robalo Cordeiro C, Rønning K, Ruhwald M, Sculier JP, Simunović A, Smith-Palmer A, Sotgiu G, Sulis G, A Torres-Duque C, Umeki K, Uplekar M, van Weezenbeek C, Vasankari T, Vitillo RJ, Voniatis C, Wanlin M, Raviglione MC. Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries. Eur Respir J. 2015 Apr;45(4):928-52. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00214014.

Maama-Maime LB, Mareka M, Ershova JV, Tlali TE, Kao K, Phalatse M, Polansky L, Beres LK, Letsie M, Holtz TH. Antituberculosis Drug Resistance Survey in Lesotho, 2008-2009: Lessons Learned. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 24;10(7):e0133808. doi: 0.1371/journal.pone.0133808. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26207630.

Mangan JM, Galindo-Gonzalez S, Irani TA. Development and Initial Testing of Messages to Encourage Tuberculosis Testing and Treatment Among Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccinated Persons. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb;17(1):79-88. doi: 10.1007/s10903-013-9928-z.

Mase SR, Jereb JA, Gonzalez D, Martin F, Daley CL, Fred D, Loeffler A, Menon L, Morris SB, Brostrom R, Chorba T, Peloquin CA. Pharmacokinetics and Dosing of Levofloxacin in Children Treated for Active or Latent Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26658531.

McAlister AJ, Driscoll J, Metchock B. DNA sequencing for confirmation of rifampin resistance detected by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 May;53(5):1752-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03433-14. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

McCarthy KM, Scott LE, Gous N, Tellie M, Venter WD, Stevens WS, Van Rie A. High incidence of latent tuberculous infection among South African health workers: an urgent call for action. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun;19(6):647-53. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0759.

Miller TL, Wilson FA, Pang JW, Beavers S, Hoger S, Sharnprapai S, Pagaoa M, Katz DJ, Weis SE. Mortality hazard and survival after tuberculosis treatment. Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):930-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302431. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Miramontes R, Hill AN, Yelk Woodruff RS, Lambert LA, Navin TR, Castro KG, LoBue PA. Tuberculosis Infection in the United States: Prevalence Estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2012. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 4;10(11):e0140881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140881. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26536035.

Moore BK, Anyalechi E, van der Walt M, Smith S, Erasmus L, Lancaster J, Morris S, Ndjeka N, Ershova J, Ismail N, Burton D, Menzies H. Epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis among children and adolescents in South Africa, 2005-2010. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun;19(6):663-669. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0879. PMID: 25946356.

Mphaphlele M, Dharmadhikari AS, Jensen PA, Rudnick SN, van Reenen TH, Pagano MA, Leuschner W, Sears TA, Milonova SP, van der Walt M, Stoltz AC, Nardell EA. Institutional Tuberculosis Transmission. Controlled Trial of Upper Room Ultraviolet Air Disinfection: A Basis for New Dosing Guidelines. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 15;192(4):477-84. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0060OC.

Musau S, McCarthy K, Okumu A, Shinnick T, Wandiga S, Williamson J, Cain K. Experience in implementing a quality management system in a tuberculosis laboratory, Kisumu, Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun;19(6):693-695. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0886.PMID: 25946361.

Nachman S, Ahmed A, Amanullah F, Becerra MC, Botgros R, Brigden G, Browning R, Gardiner E, Hafner R, Hesseling A, How C, Jean-Philippe P, Lessem E, Makhene M, Mbelle N, Marais B, McIlleron H, McNeeley DF, Mendel C, Murray S, Navarro E, Anyalechi EG, Porcalla AR, Powell C, Powell M, Rigaud M, Rouzier V, Samson P, Schaaf HS, Shah S, Starke J, Swaminathan S, Wobudeya E, Worrell C. Towards early inclusion of children in tuberculosis drugs trials: a consensus statement. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;15(6):711-20. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00007-9. Epub 2015 May 6. PMID: 25957923.

Nicol MP, Gnanashanmugam D, Browning R, Click ES, Cuevas LE, Detjen A, Graham SM, Levin M, Makhene M, Nahid P, Perez-Velez CM, Reither K, Song R, Spiegel HM, Worrell C, Zar HJ, Walzl G. A Blueprint to Address Research Gaps in the Development of Biomarkers for Pediatric Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 15;61(suppl 3):S164-S172. PMID: 26409279.

Niehaus AJ, Mlisana K, Gandhi NR, Mathema B, Brust JC. High Prevalence of inhA Promoter Mutations among Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0135003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135003.

Pagaoa MA, Royce RA, Chen MP, Golub JE, Davidow AL, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Marks SM, Teeter LD, Thickstun PM, Katz DJ; Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium.

Risk factors for transmission of tuberculosis among United States-born African Americans and Whites. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Dec;19(12):1485-92. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0965. PMID:26614190.

Pavlicek RL, Fine-Coulson K, Gupta T, Quinn FD, Posey JE, Willby M, Castro-Garza J, Karls RK. Rv3351c, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene that affects bacterial growth and alveolar epithelial cell viability. Can J Microbiol. 2015 Oct 22:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26492080.

Podewils LJ, Bantubani N, Bristow C, Bronner LE, Peters A, Pym A, Mametja LD. Completeness and Reliability of the Republic of South Africa National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System. BMC Public Health. 2015 Aug 11;15(1):765. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2117-3. PMID: 26259599.

Royce RA, Colson PW, Woodsong C, Swinson-Evans T, Walton W, Maiuri A, DeLuca N; Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC). Tuberculosis Knowledge, Awareness, and Stigma Among African-Americans in Three Southeastern Counties in the USA: a Qualitative Study of Community Perspectives. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26715219.

Rutanga C, Lowrance DW, Oeltmann JE, Mutembayire G, Willis M, Uwizeye CB, Hinda R, Bassirou C, Gutreuter S, Gasana M. Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Kigali, Rwanda. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 28;10(4):e0124485. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124485. eCollection 2015.

Salamon H, Yamaguchi KD, Cirillo DM, Miotto P, Schito M, Posey J, Starks AM, Niemann S, Alland D, Hanna D, Aviles E, Perkins MD, Dolinger DL. Integration of Published Information Into a Resistance-Associated Mutation Database for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 1;211(suppl 2):S50-S57. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu816. PMID: 25765106.

Samandari T, Agizew TB, Nyirenda S, Tedla Z, Sibanda T, Mosimaneotsile B, Motsamai OI, Shang N, Rose CE, Shepherd J. Tuberculosis incidence after 36 months' isoniazid prophylaxis in HIV-infected adults in Botswana: a posttrial observational analysis. AIDS. 2015 Jan 28;29(3):351-9. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000535. PMID: 25686683.

Scott JC, Shah N, Porco T, Flood J. Cost Resulting from Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Shortages in the United States: A Hypothetical Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 18;10(8):e0134597. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134597. eCollection 2015.

Scott JC, Shah N, Porco T, Flood J. Correction: Cost Resulting from Anti-Tuberculosis Drug

Shortages in the United States: A Hypothetical Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0137812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137812. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26332531.

Shak EB, France AM, Cowan L, Starks AM, Grant J. Representativeness of Tuberculosis Genotyping Surveillance in the United States, 2009-2010. Public Health Rep. 2015 Nov-Dec;130(6):596-601. PMID: 26556930.

Sharma A, Musau S, Heilig CM, Okumu AO, Opiyo EO, Basiye FL, Miruka FO, Kioko JK, Sitienei JK, Cain KP. Assessing the effect of decentralisation of laboratory diagnosis for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Nov;19(11):1348-53. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0328. PMID: 26467587.

Sharma A, Ndisha M, Ngari F, Kipruto H, Cain KP, Sitienei J, Bloss E. A review of data quality of an electronic tuberculosis surveillance system for case-based reporting in Kenya. Eur J Public Health. 2015 May 25. pii: ckv092. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26009610.

Smith SE, Ershova J, Vlasova N, Nikishova E, Tarasova I, Eliseev P, Maryandyshev AO, Shemyakin IG, Kurbatova E, Cegielski JP. Risk factors for acquisition of drug resistance during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, 2005-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):1002-11. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141907. PMID: 25988954.

Smith T, Samandari T, Abimbola T, Marston B, Sangrujee N. Implementation and Operational Research: Cost-Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy and Isoniazid Prophylaxis to Reduce Tuberculosis and Death in People Living With HIV in Bostwana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Nov 1;70(3):e84-93. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000783.

Starks AM, Avilés E, Cirillo DM, Denkinger CM, Dolinger DL, Emerson C, Gallarda J, Hanna D, Kim PS, Liwski R, Miotto P, Schito M, Zignol M. Collaborative Effort for a Centralized Worldwide Tuberculosis Relational Sequencing Data Platform. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 15;61Suppl 3:S141-6. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ610.

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