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
PUBLICATION ALERT: Dr. Sinha and others publish “A roadmap for integrating nutritional assessment, counselling, and support into the care of people with tuberculosis” in The Lancet Global Health
Dr. Sinha and others publish “A roadmap for integrating nutritional assessment, counselling, and support into the care of people with tuberculosis” in The Lancet Global Health. See full text here.
PUBLICATION ALERT: Costs incurred by people receiving tuberculosis treatment in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-regression analysis
Check out the latest study by Portnoy et al. (2023) on the economic costs of tuberculosis treatment in low- and middle-income countries. The study delves into the often-overlooked financial burdens faced by patients, even in the presence of ostensibly free treatment. By synthesizing data from 22 national surveys conducted between 2015 and 2022, the authors […]