Publications

Determinants of adherence towards tuberculosis guidelines among Indonesian private practitioners: a qualitative study.

Author(s): Lestari BW, Afifah N, McAllister S, Miranda AV, Herawati E, Hadisoemarto PF, Murray MB, Van Crevel R, Hill PC, Alisjahbana B, Hulscher M|Journal: BMJ Glob Health|PMID: 39622540| December 2024

In high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, the private sector manages a large proportion of initial visits by presumptive patients with…

Rapid inference of antibiotic susceptibility phenotype of uropathogens using metagenomic sequencing with neighbor typing.

Author(s): Carroll AC, Mortimer L, Ghosh H, Reuter S, Grundmann H, Břinda K, Hanage WP, Li A, Paterson A, Purssell A, Rooney A, Yee NR, Coburn B, Able-Thomas S, Antonio M, McGeer A, MacFadden DR|Journal: Microbiol Spectr|PMID: 39611823| November 2024

Timely diagnostic tools are needed to improve antibiotic treatment. Pairing metagenomic sequencing with genomic neighbor typing algorithms may support rapid…

Paired analysis of host and pathogen genomes identifies determinants of human tuberculosis.

Author(s): Luo Y, Huang CC, Howard NC, Wang X, Liu Q, Li X, Zhu J, Amariuta T, Asgari S, Ishigaki K, Calderon R, Raman S, Ramnarine AK, Mayfield JA, Moody DB, Lecca L, Fortune SM, Murray MB, Raychaudhuri S|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 39613754| November 2024

Infectious disease is the result of interactions between host and pathogen and can depend on genetic variations in both. We…

Excess mortality attributable to AIDS among people living with HIV in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s): Trickey A, Ambia J, Glaubius R, van Schalkwyk C, Imai-Eaton JW, Korenromp EL, Johnson LF|Journal: J Int AIDS Soc|PMID: 39496514| November 2024

Identifying strategies to further reduce AIDS-related mortality requires accurate estimates of the extent to which mortality among people living with…

Microbiological Aspects and Clinical Impact of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis: an Observational Cohort Study in Peru.

Author(s): Tan Q, Huang CC, Calderon R, Lecca L, Mendoza M, Rocha GR, Tintaya K, Tovar X, Feng JY, Pan SW, Tseng YH, Huang JR, Zhang Z, Murray MB|Journal: Int J Infect Dis|PMID: 39491717| November 2024

Approximately 40% of tuberculosis (TB) cases remain undiagnosed globally. Lower lung field tuberculosis (LLF TB) presents atypically and is often…

Statistical relationship between wastewater data and case notifications for COVID-19 surveillance in the United States, 2020-2023: a Bayesian hierarchical model.

Author(s): Haraguchi M, Klaassen F, Cohen T, Salomon JA, Menzies NA|Journal: medRxiv| October 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic a number of jurisdictions in the United States began to regularly report levels of SARS-CoV-2 in…

Risk factors associated with post-tuberculosis sequelae: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s): Akalu TY, Clements ACA, Liyew AM, Gilmour B, Murray MB, Alene KA|Journal: EClinicalMedicine|PMID: 39502524| October 2024

Post-tuberculosis (TB) sequelae present a significant challenge in the management of TB survivors, often leading to persistent health issues even…

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB outcomes in the United States: a Bayesian analysis

Author(s): Swartwood NA, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Asay GRB, Self J, Feng PJI, Horsburgh CR, Salomon JA, Menzies NA|Journal: medRxiv| October 2024

Background Tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths in the United States fluctuated substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed multiple data…

Cost-effectiveness of screening with transcriptional signatures for incipient TB among U.S. migrants

Author(s): Hsieh YL, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T, Miller JW, Salomon JA, Menzies NA|Journal: medRxiv| October 2024

Introduction Host-response-based transcriptional signatures (HrTS) have been developed to identify “incipient tuberculosis (TB)”. No study has reported the cost-effectiveness of HrTS…

Effects of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of sexually transmitted infections on gonorrhoea prevalence and antimicrobial resistance among men who have sex with men in the USA: a modelling study.

Author(s): Reichert E, Grad YH|Journal: Lancet Microbe|PMID: 39374606| October 2024

Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) has been shown to be efficacious for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections, but resistance…