Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

The Impact of Vitamin A Deficiency on Tuberculosis Progression.

Author(s): Podell BK, Aibana O, Huang CC, DiLisio JE, Harris MC, Ackart DF, Armann K, Grover A, Severe P, Juste MAJ, Dupnik K, Basaraba RJ, Murray MBJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 35486953 April 2022

Although previous studies show that vitamin A deficiency is associated with incident tuberculosis disease, the direction of the association has…

Prediction Tool to Identify Children at Highest Risk of Tuberculosis Disease Progression Among Those Exposed at Home.

Author(s): Brooks MB, Lecca L, Contreras C, Calderon R, Yataco R, Galea J, Huang CC, Murray MB, Becerra MCJournal: Open Forum Infect DisPMID: 34805431 November 2021

There is a dearth of research to understand which children, among those who are exposed at home to tuberculosis (TB),…

Characterization of Drug-Resistant Lipid-Dependent Differentially Detectable Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Author(s): Mesman AW, Baek SH, Huang CC, Kim YM, Cho SN, Ioerger TR, Barreda NN, Calderon R, Sassetti CM, Murray MBJournal: J Clin MedPMID: 34362035 July 2021

An estimated 15-20% of patients who are treated for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are culture-negative at the time of diagnosis. Recent…

Potential role of latent tuberculosis infection in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease.

Author(s): Chu AL, Murray MB, Huang CCJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 34181719 June 2021

Smoking cessation in tuberculosis patients and the risk of tuberculosis infection in child household contacts.

Author(s): Chu AL, Lecca LW, Calderón RI, Contreras CC, Yataco RM, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Murray MB, Huang CCJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 34049397 May 2021

While previous studies have shown that cigarette smoking increases the infectiousness of tuberculosis patients, the impact of smoking cessation on…

Multimodally profiling memory T cells from a tuberculosis cohort identifies cell state associations with demographics, environment and disease.

Author(s): Nathan A, Beynor JI, Baglaenko Y, Suliman S, Ishigaki K, Asgari S, Huang CC, Luo Y, Zhang Z, Lopez K, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Ernst JD, Jimenez J, Calderón RI, Lecca L, Van Rhijn I, Moody DB, Murray MB, Raychaudhuri SJournal: Nat ImmunolPMID: 34031617 May 2021

Multimodal T cell profiling can enable more precise characterization of elusive cell states underlying disease. Here, we integrated single-cell RNA…

A public health intervention package for increasing tuberculosis notifications from private practitioners in Bandung, Indonesia (INSTEP2): A cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol

Author(s): Hadisoemarto PF, Lestari BW, Sharples K, Afifah N, Chaidir L, Huang CC, McAllister S, Van Crevel R, Murray M, Alisjahbana B, Hill PCJournal: F1000Res April 2021

A significant proportion of tuberculosis (TB) patients globally make their initial visit for medical care to either an informal provider…

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Lineage and Risk for Tuberculosis in Child Household Contacts, Peru.

Author(s): Huang CC, Chu AL, Becerra MC, Galea JT, Calderon R, Contreras C, Yataco R, Zhang Z, Lecca L, Murray MBJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 32091363 March 2020

Few studies have prospectively compared the relative transmissibility and propensity to cause disease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains with other…

Two clinical prediction tools to improve tuberculosis contact investigation.

Author(s): Li R, Nordio F, Huang CC, Contreras C, Calderon R, Yataco R, Galea JT, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Lecca L, Murray MBJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 31905406 January 2020

Efficient contact investigation strategies are needed for the early diagnosis of TB disease and treatment of latent TB infections.