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ArticlePloS one2010

Monitoring linked epidemics: the case of tuberculosis and HIV.

María S Sánchez, James O Lloyd-Smith, Wayne M Getz

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Virulence ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Benzotriazole: An overview on its versatile biological behavior.European journal of medicinal chemistry · 2015
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3 authors.

María S SánchezDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America. mssanchezgm1@gmail.com
James O Lloyd-Smith
Wayne M Getz

Funding

The ecology of environmentally maintained episodic anthrax in Esotha, NamibiaR01GM083863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI GETZ, WAYNE M · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
FORECASTING HIV EVOLUTION IN IVDUs AND OTHER POPULATIONSR01DA013510 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI GETZ, WAYNE M · 2000 to 2004
$1.3M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA013510NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA013510-05NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe tight epidemiological coupling between HIV and its associated opportunistic infections leads to challenges and opportunities for disease surveillance. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsWe review efforts of WHO and collaborating agencies to track and fight the TB/HIV co-epidemic, and discuss modeling--via mathematical, statistical, and computational approaches--as a means to identify disease indicators designed to integrate data from linked diseases in order to characterize how co-epidemics change in time and space. We present R(TB/HIV), an index comparing changes in TB incidence relative to HIV prevalence, and use it to identify those sub-Saharan African countries with outlier TB/HIV dynamics. R(TB/HIV) can also be used to predict epidemiological trends, investigate the coherency of reported trends, and cross-check the anticipated impact of public health interventions. Identifying the cause(s) responsible for anomalous R(TB/HIV) values can reveal information crucial to the management of public health. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We frame our suggestions for integrating and analyzing co-epidemic data within the context of global disease monitoring. Used routinely, joint disease indicators such as R(TB/HIV) could greatly enhance the monitoring and evaluation of public health programs.

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Africa South of the SaharaHIV InfectionsHIV SeroprevalenceHumansIncidencePopulation SurveillanceTuberculosis

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