ReviewThe Journal of infectious diseases2017
Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission.
Review in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pathways of TB Transmission in Children-A Systematic Review of Molecular Epidemiological Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence for the Use of Triage, Respiratory Isolation, and Effective Treatment to Reduce the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Pooled it
- Utility of broad-spectrum antibiotics for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Molecular epidemiology of M. tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2019Pooled it
- Sociological variety and the transmission efficiency ofBMJ open · 2021Trial
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- The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.IJID regions · 2026Article
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- Head-to-head evaluation of host blood biomarkers for point-of-care TB triage: diagnostic accuracy study.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Network analysis of pairwise relative tuberculosis transmission probabilities in Lima, Peru.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Measuring recent in-country TB transmission using a classification model with whole genome sequencing data.IJTLD open · 2026Article
- Using data science to identify climate change and health adverse impacts and solutions in Africa: a scoping review.npj health systems · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal patterns of tuberculosis in urban slums and urban-rural transition zones: evidence from Tétouan, Morocco, 2019-2023.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Nationwide whole-genome sequencing reveals local transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Poland, 2003-2020.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among child and adolescent contacts of people with pulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a multi-center prospective cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- Network Analysis of Pairwise Relative Tuberculosis Transmission Probabilities in Lima, Peru.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Molecular Epidemiology ofMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- Lower Tuberculosis Incidence Among People With HIV Who Completed Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Ukraine, a High-Burden Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Overview of the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Care Considerations for People Living with and at Risk for Tuberculosis in the United States.The Nursing clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Advancement in diagnostic approaches for latent tuberculosis: distinguishing recent from remote infections.One health outlook · 2025Review
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Abstract
Measuring tuberculosis transmission is exceedingly difficult, given the remarkable variability in the timing of clinical disease after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; incident disease can result from either a recent (ie, weeks to months) or a remote (ie, several years to decades) infection event. Although we cannot identify with certainty the timing and location of tuberculosis transmission for individuals, approaches for estimating the individual probability of recent transmission and for estimating the fraction of tuberculosis cases due to recent transmission in populations have been developed. Data used to estimate the probable burden of recent transmission include tuberculosis case notifications in young children and trends in tuberculin skin test and interferon γ-release assays. More recently, M. tuberculosis whole-genome sequencing has been used to estimate population levels of recent transmission, identify the distribution of specific strains within communities, and decipher chains of transmission among culture-positive tuberculosis cases. The factors that drive the transmission of tuberculosis in communities depend on the burden of prevalent tuberculosis; the ways in which individuals live, work, and interact (eg, congregate settings); and the capacity of healthcare and public health systems to identify and effectively treat individuals with infectious forms of tuberculosis. Here we provide an overview of these factors, describe tools for measurement of ongoing transmission, and highlight knowledge gaps that must be addressed.
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