PUBLICATION ALERT: Adaptive bandit algorithms increase efficiency of mobile tuberculosis screening programs
Congrats to Jiujia, Dr. Meredith Brooks and others! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-31829-x
PUBLICATION ALERT: Uncovering household tuberculosis infection testing and care patterns using a novel bioinformatics linkage strategy
Congrats to Dr. Jeff Campbell and others: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/boston-medical-center_uncovering-household-tuberculosis-infection-activity-7428112479689502720-5Z2m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACA0_UAB153puAtRpfjE6nbfKy59ZOoV8uM
PUBLICATION ALERT: Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Among People Who Smoke Illicit Drugs: A Respondent- Driven Sampling Study in the Western Cape, South Africa
Congrats Dr. Malatesta, Dr. Jacobson and team! Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Among People Who Smoke Illicit Drugs: A Respondent- Driven Sampling Study in the Western Cape, South Africa | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
PUBLICATION ALERT: Impact of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetics of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in the HIRIF trial
Congrats Dr. Brooks and others! Impact of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetics of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in the HIRIF trial | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
PUBLICATION ALERT: Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa
Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa – PubMed Koura KG, Soe AN, Dlodlo RA, Lin Y, Sinha P, Badoum G, Dogo MF, Horsburgh CR, Harries AD. Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa. Int J Tuberc […]
PUBLICATION ALERT: Barriers to recruitment of an observational SARS-CoV-2 emergency department cohort at Boston Medical Center.
Barriers to recruitment of an observational SARS-CoV-2 emergency department cohort at Boston Medical Center. Thomson SJ, Mistry R, Bayly H, Overbeck V, Sagar M, Schechter-Perkins EM, White LF, Jacobson KR, Bouton TC. BMC Emerg Med. 2025 Apr 20;25(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s12873-025-01224-w. PMID: 40254607
PUBLICATION ALERT: Health impact and cost-effectiveness of testing and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among Asian and Hispanic persons with diagnosed diabetes in the United States – PubMed
Dr. Horsburgh and others: Health impact and cost-effectiveness of testing and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among Asian and Hispanic persons with diagnosed diabetes in the United States – PubMed
PUBLICATIONS ALERT: Three articles focused on optimizing treatment strategies for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Urgent request for pretomanid label expansion to align with WHO guidelines and improve treatment accessibility and efficacy Efficacy and Safety of Higher Doses of Levofloxacin for MDR-TB: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial Study protocol for a duration-randomized clinical trial to determine the optimal length of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with a 5-drug regimen: The […]
PUBLICATION ALERT: Inferring bivariate associations with continuous data from studies using respondent-driven sampling
Dr. Malatesta and others publish “Inferring bivariate associations with continuous data from studies using respondent-driven sampling” in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Inferring bivariate associations with continuous data from studies using respondent-driven sampling – PubMed
PUBLICATION ALERT: The risk of rifampicin-resistant TB after drug-susceptible TB treatment
Annie Shapiro and others publish “The risk of rifampicin-resistant TB after drug-susceptible TB treatment” in IJTLD! The risk of rifampicin-resistant TB after drug-susceptible TB treatment – PubMed