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pro vyhledávání: '"Mercedes C, Becerra"'
Autor:
Qi Tan, Chuan-Chin Huang, Mercedes C. Becerra, Roger Calderon, Carmen Contreras, Leonid Lecca, Judith Jimenez, Rosa Yataco, Jerome T. Galea, Jia-Yih Feng, Sheng-Wei Pan, Yen-Han Tseng, Jhong-Ru Huang, Zibiao Zhang, Megan B. Murray
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 6, Pp 1115-1124 (2024)
The World Health Organization’s end TB strategy promotes the use of symptom and chest radiograph screening for tuberculosis (TB) disease. However, asymptomatic early states of TB beyond latent TB infection and active disease can go unrecognized usi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/974b9257cf14417299c55c02c5845248
Autor:
Meredith B. Brooks, Helen E. Jenkins, Daniela Puma, Christine Tzelios, Ana Karina Millones, Judith Jimenez, Jerome T. Galea, Leonid Lecca, Mercedes C. Becerra, Salmaan Keshavjee, Courtney M. Yuen
Publikováno v:
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
Abstract Tuberculosis screening programs commonly target areas with high case notification rates. However, this may exacerbate disparities by excluding areas that already face barriers to accessing diagnostic services. We compared historic case notif
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5cade9b43d5e4abfb63877cba66038e9
Autor:
Joshua Havumaki, Joshua L Warren, Jon Zelner, Nicolas A Menzies, Roger Calderon, Carmen Contreras, Leonid Lecca, Mercedes C Becerra, Megan Murray, Ted Cohen
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 10, p e0293519 (2023)
Mathematical models have suggested that spatially-targeted screening interventions for tuberculosis may efficiently accelerate disease control, but empirical data supporting these findings are limited. Previous models demonstrating substantial impact
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/252caa6ac81141a5b95004a782782b95
Autor:
Amyn A. Malik, Neel R. Gandhi, Timothy L. Lash, Lisa M. Cranmer, Saad B. Omer, Junaid F. Ahmed, Sara Siddiqui, Farhana Amanullah, Aamir J. Khan, Salmaan Keshavjee, Hamidah Hussain, Mercedes C. Becerra
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 805-812 (2021)
In Karachi, Pakistan, a South Asian megacity with a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and low HIV prevalence, we assessed the effectiveness of fluoroquinolone-based preventive therapy for drug-resistant (DR) TB exposure. During February 2016–Mar
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/28e08dc51d704d12a4c9a483bbd49b31
Autor:
Courtney M. Yuen, Ana K. Millones, Jerome T. Galea, Daniela Puma, Judith Jimenez, Leonid Lecca, Mercedes C. Becerra, Salmaan Keshavjee
Publikováno v:
BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Abstract Background To ensure patient-centered tuberculosis preventive treatment, it is important to consider factors that make it easier for patients to complete treatment. However, there is little published literature about patient preferences for
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4dacc8b2bae048cbad0ee4bcf6a3cdb5
Autor:
Brittney J. van de Water, Meredith B. Brooks, Chuan-Chin Huang, Letizia Trevisi, Leonid Lecca, Carmen Contreras, Jerome Galea, Roger Calderon, Rosa Yataco, Megan Murray, Mercedes C. Becerra
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Abstract Background There is limited research to guide TB treatment specifically in pregnant women and few studies have described the presentation of TB in pregnant women. We aimed to understand TB presentation and treatment outcomes in pregnant wome
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c087945a9dab46ac85ac87182ba74811
Autor:
Kenneth S. Gunasekera, Jon Zelner, Mercedes C. Becerra, Carmen Contreras, Molly F. Franke, Leonid Lecca, Megan B. Murray, Joshua L. Warren, Ted Cohen
Publikováno v:
BMC Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020)
Abstract Background Identifying hotspots of tuberculosis transmission can inform spatially targeted active case-finding interventions. While national tuberculosis programs maintain notification registers which represent a potential source of data to
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/472ac64554c44a2881c96a2afc56bba3
Autor:
Chuan-Chin Huang, Alexander L. Chu, Mercedes C. Becerra, Jerome T. Galea, Roger Calderón, Carmen Contreras, Rosa Yataco, Zibiao Zhang, Leonid Lecca, Megan B. Murray
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 3, Pp 568-578 (2020)
Few studies have prospectively compared the relative transmissibility and propensity to cause disease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains with other human-adapted strains of the M. tuberculosis complex. We assessed the effect of Beijing str
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ac3147c83a6c47a7a1b8c52d53d62c28
Autor:
Meredith B. Brooks, Melanie M. Dubois, Amyn A. Malik, Junaid F. Ahmed, Sara Siddiqui, Salman Khan, Manzoor Brohi, Teerath Das Valecha, Farhana Amanullah, Mercedes C. Becerra, Hamidah Hussain
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 2 (2022)
Objective To apply a cascade-of-care framework to evaluate the effectiveness—by age of the child—of an intensified tuberculosis patient-finding intervention. Design From a prospective screening program at four hospitals in Pakistan (2014–2016)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/85edf2a89c0c4c6dbf2327f561696cbd
Autor:
Meredith B Brooks, Ana Karina Millones, Daniela Puma, Carmen Contreras, Judith Jimenez, Christine Tzelios, Helen E Jenkins, Courtney M Yuen, Salmaan Keshavjee, Leonid Lecca, Mercedes C Becerra
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e0265826 (2022)
ObjectiveTo use routinely collected data, with the addition of geographic information and census data, to identify local hot spots of rates of reported tuberculosis cases.DesignResidential locations of tuberculosis cases identified from eight public
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fad9f8f9d9114b9cb1601e3e5fbe2dd4