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Cilloni L, Dowdy DW. Tuberculosis in US Indigenous Communities: A Need for Public Health Prioritization. Am J Public Health 2024; 114:149-151. [PMID: 38335488 PMCID: PMC10862196 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2023.307544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Lucia Cilloni
- The authors are with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- The authors are with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Chen S, Wang Y, Zhan Y, Liu C, Wang Q, Feng J, Li Y, Chen H, Zeng Z. The incidence of tuberculous pleurisy in mainland China from 2005 to 2018. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1180818. [PMID: 37397728 PMCID: PMC10311513 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Currently, tuberculous pleurisy (TP) remains a serious problem affecting global public health, including in China. Our purpose was to comprehensively understand and identify the incidence of TP in mainland China between 2005 and 2018. Methods The data on registered TP cases from 2005 to 2018 were acquired from the National Tuberculosis Information Management System. We analyzed the demographics, epidemiology, and time-space distribution of TP patients. Then, the effects of potentially influential factors on TP incidences, such as medical expenses per capita, GDP per capita, and population density, were assessed using the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results The incidence of TP increased in mainland China from 2005 to 2018, with a mean incidence of 2.5 per 100,000 population. Interestingly, spring was the peak season for TP, with more notified cases. Tibet, Beijing, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia had the highest mean annual incidence. A moderate positive relationship was found between TP incidence, medical expenses per capita, and GDP per capita. Conclusions The notified incidence of TP had an elevated trend from 2005 to 2018 in mainland China. The findings of this study provide insight into the knowledge of TP epidemiology in the country, which can help optimize resource allocation to reduce the TP burden.
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- Shuhan Chen
- Second Clinical College, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department and Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department and Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Sands A, Santiago MT, Uduwana S, Glater-Welt L, Ezhuthachan ID, Coscia G, Hayes L, Berry GJ, Rubin LG, Hagmann SHF. Congenital Tuberculosis After In Vitro Fertilization: A Case for Tuberculosis Screening of Women Evaluated for Infertility. Clin Infect Dis 2023; 76:e982-e986. [PMID: 35788281 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
We report a case of multidrug-resistant congenital tuberculosis (TB) in an infant conceived by in vitro fertilization and review 22 additional infant-mother pairs in the literature. Females evaluated for infertility should be screened for TB risk, and those at risk require a TB-specific diagnostic evaluation before receiving assisted reproductive treatment.
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- Ashley Sands
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.,Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA.,Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA.,Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA.,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA.,Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Northwell Health Laboratories, Little Neck, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.,Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.,Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York/Northwell Health and Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York, USA
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Mohidem NA, Osman M, Muharam FM, Mohd Elias S, Shaharudin R, Hashim Z. Development of a web-geographical information system application for plotting tuberculosis cases. GEOSPATIAL HEALTH 2021; 16. [PMID: 34672178 DOI: 10.4081/gh.2021.980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
In the last few decades, public health surveillance has increasingly applied statistical methods to analyze the spatial disease distributions. Nevertheless, contact tracing and follow up control measures for tuberculosis (TB) patients remain challenging because public health officers often lack the programming skills needed to utilize the software appropriately. This study aimed to develop a more user-friendly application by applying the CodeIgniter framework for server development, ArcGIS JavaScript for data display and a web application based on JavaScript and Hypertext Preprocessor to build the server's interface, while a webGIS technology was used for mapping. The performance of this approach was tested based on 3325 TB cases and their sociodemographic data, such as age, gender, race, nationality, country of origin, educational level, employment status, health care worker status, income status, residency status, and smoking status between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2017 in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. These data were collected from the Gombak District Health Office and Rawang Health Clinic. Latitude and longitude of the location for each case was geocoded by uploading spatial data using Google Earth and the main output was an interactive map displaying location of each case. Filters are available for the selection of the various sociodemographic factors of interest. The application developed should assist public health experts to utilize spatial data for the surveillance purposes comprehensively as well as for the drafting of regulations aimed at to reducing mortality and morbidity and thus minimizing the public health impact of the disease.
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- Nur Adibah Mohidem
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
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- Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
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- Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Shah Alam, Selangor.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
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Kim S, Cohen T, Horsburgh CR, Miller JW, Hill AN, Marks SM, Li R, Kammerer JS, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Trends, mechanisms, and racial/ethnic differences of tuberculosis incidence in the US-born population aged 50 years or older in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 74:1594-1603. [PMID: 34323959 PMCID: PMC8799750 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Older age is a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in low incidence settings. Using data from the US National TB Surveillance System and American Community Survey, we estimated trends and racial/ethnic differences in TB incidence among US-born cohorts aged ≥50 years. Methods In total, 42 000 TB cases among US-born persons ≥50 years were reported during 2001–2019. We used generalized additive regression models to decompose the effects of birth cohort and age on TB incidence rates, stratified by sex and race/ethnicity. Using genotype-based estimates of recent transmission (available 2011–2019), we implemented additional models to decompose incidence trends by estimated recent versus remote infection. Results Estimated incidence rates declined with age, for the overall cohort and most sex and race/ethnicity strata. Average annual percentage declines flattened for older individuals, from 8.80% (95% confidence interval [CI] 8.34–9.23) in 51-year-olds to 4.51% (95% CI 3.87–5.14) in 90-year-olds. Controlling for age, incidence rates were lower for more recent birth cohorts, dropping 8.79% (95% CI 6.13–11.26) on average between successive cohort years. Incidence rates were substantially higher for racial/ethnic minorities, and these inequalities persisted across all birth cohorts. Rates from recent infection declined at approximately 10% per year as individuals aged. Rates from remote infection declined more slowly with age, and this annual percentage decline approached zero for the oldest individuals. Conclusions TB rates were highest for racial/ethnic minorities and for the earliest birth cohorts and declined with age. For the oldest individuals, annual percentage declines were low, and most cases were attributed to remote infection.
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- Sun Kim
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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