Infectious disease surveillance and modelling across geographic frontiers and scientific specialtiesKamran Khan
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Lancet Infect Dis 12:222-30. 2012
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Active tuberculosis among homeless persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2007Kamran Khan
St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 17:357-65. 2011
..The rise in foreign-born homeless persons with TB strains likely acquired overseas suggests that the risk for drug-resistant strains entering the homeless shelter system may be escalating...
Tuberculosis infection in the United States: national trends over three decadesKamran Khan
St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:455-60. 2008
..Understanding national trends in TB infection may be important in anticipating future trends in TB disease...
- Impact of the patient-provider relationship on the survival of foreign born outpatients with tuberculosis
Michael Gardam
Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Immigr Minor Health 11:437-45. 2009
..Managing tuberculosis in foreign born patients entails a complex interaction between patient and provider...
- Global public health implications of a mass gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the midst of an influenza pandemic
Kamran Khan
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Travel Med 17:75-81. 2010
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- A population-based study of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in Ontario
Wanatpreeya Phongsamart
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:416-9. 2009
..There are few population-based data on presentation and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents in Ontario...
- Detecting latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients: a head-to-head comparison of the T-SPOT.TB test, tuberculin skin test, and an expert physician panel
Laura Passalent
Infection Prevention and Control Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2:68-73. 2007
..It is suggested that a combination of T-SPOT.TB testing and medical assessment may be the most accurate screening method...
- Evidence for local transmission and reactivation of tuberculosis in the Toronto Somali community
Camille Achonu
Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Scand J Infect Dis 38:778-81. 2006
..We recommend that ongoing surveillance and treatment programmes be directed towards this community...
- Active tuberculosis among adolescents in toronto, Canada: clinical features and delays in diagnosis
April Kam
Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:355-6. 2007
..The average time from symptom onset to final diagnosis was 5.2 months. Multifocal and extra pulmonary disease occurred in the majority of patients. Clinicians need greater awareness of the unique features of adolescent TB...
- The utility of preemptive mass influenza vaccination in controlling a sars outbreak during flu season
Qingling Zeng
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Math Biosci Eng 4:739-54. 2007
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- Nontuberculous mycobacterial sensitization in the United States: national trends over three decades
Kamran Khan
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:306-13. 2007
..Temporal changes in the epidemiology of Mycobacterium intracellulare sensitization may help explain recently observed trends in pulmonary NTM infections...
- The impact of physician training and experience on the survival of patients with active tuberculosis
Kamran Khan
Centre for Research on Inner City Health and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 175:749-53. 2006
..INTERPRETATION: Physician experience with tuberculosis and use of directly observed therapy positively influenced the survival of patients with active tuberculosis in our setting...
- Managing febrile respiratory illnesses during a hypothetical SARS outbreak
Kamran Khan
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
Emerg Infect Dis 11:191-200. 2005
..1% of circulating FRIs. Increasing influenza vaccination rates among the general population before the onset of respiratory season would save both money and lives...
- Impact of asian race on response to combination therapy with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C
Sharif Missiha
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Gastroenterol 102:2181-8. 2007
..The lower response rate of African-Americans relative to whites has been previously described, but studies of other racial or ethnic groups remain limited...
