Publications

Latent tuberculosis and depressive symptoms in household contacts of persons with active TB: A cohort study

Author(s): Galea JT, Chu AL, Sweetland A, Jimenez J, Yataco R, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Huang CC, Lecca L, Murray MB|Journal: medRxiv| November 2022

Depression is common among persons with TB and associated with poor clinical outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship…

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

Author(s): Chu AL, Murray MB, Huang CC|Journal: Clin Infect Dis|PMID: 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 CC|Journal: Clin Infect Dis|PMID: 34049397| May 2021

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

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 MB|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID: 32091363| March 2020

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