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Tuberculosis Infection in the United States: Prevalence Estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2012 by Miramontes, Roque, Hill, Andrew N, Yelk Woodruff, Rachel S, Lambert, Lauren A, Navin, Thomas R, Castro, Kenneth G, LoBue, Philip A

“…Reexamining the prevalence of persons infected with tuberculosis (TB) is important to determine trends over time. In 2011-2012 a TB component was included in…”
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Decrease in Tuberculosis Cases during COVID-19 Pandemic as Reflected by Outpatient Pharmacy Data, United States, 2020 by Winglee, Kathryn, Hill, Andrew N, Langer, Adam J, Self, Julie L

“…We analyzed a pharmacy dataset to assess the 20% decline in tuberculosis (TB) cases reported to the US National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTSS) during…”
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Evaluation of different types of face masks to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2: a modeling study by Gurbaxani, Brian M., Hill, Andrew N., Paul, Prabasaj, Prasad, Pragati V., Slayton, Rachel B.

“…We expanded a published mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission with complex, age-structured transmission and with laboratory-derived source and wearer…”
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An elaboration of theory about preventing outbreaks in homogeneous populations to include heterogeneity or preferential mixing by Feng, Zhilan, Hill, Andrew N., Smith, Philip J., Glasser, John W.

“…The goal of many vaccination programs is to attain the population immunity above which pathogens introduced by infectious people (e.g., travelers from endemic…”
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Simple Estimates for Local Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, United States, 2011-2015 by Haddad, Maryam B, Raz, Kala M, Lash, Timothy L, Hill, Andrew N, Kammerer, J Steve, Winston, Carla A, Castro, Kenneth G, Gandhi, Neel R, Navin, Thomas R

“…We used tuberculosis genotyping results to derive estimates of prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in the United States. We estimated <1% prevalence in…”
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State-level prevalence estimates of latent tuberculosis infection in the United States by medical risk factors, demographic characteristics and nativity by Mirzazadeh, Ali, Kahn, James G, Haddad, Maryam B, Hill, Andrew N, Marks, Suzanne M, Readhead, Adam, Barry, Pennan M, Flood, Jennifer, Mermin, Jonathan H, Shete, Priya B

“…Preventing tuberculosis (TB) disease requires treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) as well as prevention of person-to-person transmission. We estimated the…”
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Characterizing tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden urban and rural settings by Smith, Jonathan P., Oeltmann, John E., Hill, Andrew N., Tobias, James L., Boyd, Rosanna, Click, Eleanor S., Finlay, Alyssa, Mondongo, Chawangwa, Zetola, Nicola M., Moonan, Patrick K.

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden settings are poorly understood. Growing evidence suggests transmission may be characterized by…”
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Tabby2: a user-friendly web tool for forecasting state-level TB outcomes in the United States by Swartwood, Nicole A, Testa, Christian, Cohen, Ted, Marks, Suzanne M, Hill, Andrew N, Beeler Asay, Garrett, Cochran, Jennifer, Cranston, Kevin, Randall, Liisa M, Tibbs, Andrew, Horsburgh, Jr, C Robert, Salomon, Joshua A, Menzies, Nicolas A

“…In the United States, the tuberculosis (TB) disease burden and associated factors vary substantially across states. While public health agencies must choose…”
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Statistical Method to Detect Tuberculosis Outbreaks among Endemic Clusters in a Low-Incidence Setting by Althomsons, Sandy P, Hill, Andrew N, Harrist, Alexia V, France, Anne Marie, Powell, Krista M, Posey, James E, Cowan, Lauren S, Navin, Thomas R

“…We previously reported use of genotype surveillance data to predict outbreaks among incident tuberculosis clusters. We propose a method to detect possible…”
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High-resolution estimates of tuberculosis incidence among non-U.S.-born persons residing in the United States, 2000–2016 by Hill, Andrew N., Cohen, Ted, Salomon, Joshua A., Menzies, Nicolas A.

“…•Generalized additive regression estimates of TB incidence trends in the United States among non-U.S.-born persons between 2000 and 2016.•Major differences in…”
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Unpacking Cochrane's Update on Masks and COVID-19 by Gurbaxani, Brian M, Hill, Andrew N, Patel, Pragna

“…Recently, the Cochrane Library released its anticipated update on physical interventions to control the spread of respiratory viruses, including masks to…”
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Gurbaxani et al. Respond by Gurbaxani, Brian M, Hill, Andrew N, Patel, Pragna

“…For the two largest studies (each at least an order of magnitude larger than the other seven that Kivelä reanalyzes), the effect sizes for masks either were…”
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On the benefits of flattening the curve: A perspective by Feng, Zhilan, Glasser, John W., Hill, Andrew N.

“…The many variations on a graphic illustrating the impact of non-pharmaceutical measures to mitigate pandemic influenza that have appeared in recent news…”
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Implications for infectious disease models of heterogeneous mixing on control thresholds by Hill, Andrew N., Glasser, John W., Feng, Zhilan

“…Mixing among sub-populations, as well as heterogeneity in characteristics affecting their reproduction numbers, must be considered when evaluating public…”
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Prospects for Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States: Results of a Transmission Dynamic Model by Menzies, Nicolas A, Cohen, Ted, Hill, Andrew N, Yaesoubi, Reza, Galer, Kara, Wolf, Emory, Marks, Suzanne M, Salomon, Joshua A

“…Abstract We estimated long-term tuberculosis (TB) trends in the US population and assessed prospects for TB elimination. We used a detailed simulation model…”
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Trends, Mechanisms, and Racial/Ethnic Differences of Tuberculosis Incidence in the US-Born Population Aged 50 Years or Older in the United States by Kim, Sun, Cohen, Ted, Horsburgh, C Robert, Miller, Jeffrey W, Hill, Andrew N, Marks, Suzanne M, Li, Rongxia, Kammerer, J Steve, Salomon, Joshua A, Menzies, Nicolas A

“…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…”
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Quantifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics Across Global Settings: A Systematic Analysis by Smith, Jonathan P, Cohen, Ted, Dowdy, David, Shrestha, Sourya, Gandhi, Neel R, Hill, Andrew N

“…Abstract The degree to which individual heterogeneity in the production of secondary cases (“superspreading”) affects tuberculosis (TB) transmission has not…”
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Progression from latent infection to active disease in dynamic tuberculosis transmission models: a systematic review of the validity of modelling assumptions by Menzies, Nicolas A, Wolf, Emory, Connors, David, Bellerose, Meghan, Sbarra, Alyssa N, Cohen, Ted, Hill, Andrew N, Yaesoubi, Reza, Galer, Kara, White, Peter J, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Salomon, Joshua A

“…Mathematical modelling is commonly used to evaluate infectious disease control policy and is influential in shaping policy and budgets. Mathematical models…”
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Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Non-US-Born Persons by Country of Birth—United States, 2012–2017 by Collins, Jeffrey M, Stout, Jason E, Ayers, Tracy, Hill, Andrew N, Katz, Dolly J, Ho, Christine S, Blumberg, Henry M, Winglee, Kathryn

“…Abstract Background Most tuberculosis (TB) disease in the United States (US) is attributed to reactivation of remotely acquired latent TB infection (LTBI) in…”
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Comparing Drivers and Dynamics of Tuberculosis in California, Florida, New York, and Texas by Shrestha, Sourya, Hill, Andrew N, Marks, Suzanne M, Dowdy, David W

“…There is substantial state-to-state heterogeneity in tuberculosis (TB) in the United States; better understanding this heterogeneity can inform effective…”
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