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| Patrick K MoonanSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Using genotyping and geospatial scanning to estimate recent mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission, United StatesPatrick K Moonan
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:458-65. 2012..Understanding transmission dynamics and establishing strategies for rapidly detecting recent transmission among these populations are essential for TB elimination in the United States...
Does directly observed therapy (DOT) reduce drug resistant tuberculosis?Patrick K Moonan
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Department of Medicine, USA
BMC Public Health 11:19. 2011..This study compares the portion of drug resistant genotype clusters, representing recent transmission, within and between communities implementing programs differing only in their directly observed therapy (DOT) practices...
Use of tuberculosis genotyping for postoutbreak monitoringRoque Miramontes
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 18:375-8. 2012..Review of routinely collected tuberculosis genotyping results following a known outbreak is a potential mechanism to examine the effectiveness of outbreak control measures...
Tuberculosis genotyping information management system: enhancing tuberculosis surveillance in the United StatesSmita Ghosh
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Infect Genet Evol 12:782-8. 2012..TB genotyping results are available to enhance national TB surveillance and apply genotyping results to conduct TB control activities in the United States...
Human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in the United States, 1995-2005Michele C Hlavsa
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 47:168-75. 2008..The National TB Genotyping Service's work has allowed systematic identification of M. tuberculosis-complex isolates and enabled the first US-wide study of M. bovis TB...
Two tuberculosis genotyping clusters, one preventable outbreakAnn M Buff
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 124:490-4. 2009..Adequate treatment of the source patient's initial TB or early diagnosis of recurrent TB could have prevented this outbreak...
Tuberculosis and substance abuse in the United States, 1997-2006John E Oeltmann
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop E10, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:189-97. 2009..This study examined the prevalence of substance abuse among TB cases reported in the United States and assessed the relation between substance abuse and indicators of TB transmission...
Underuse of effective measures to prevent and manage pediatric tuberculosis in the United StatesMark N Lobato
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:426-31. 2008..To characterize problems with prevention and management of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI)...
Relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis phylogenetic lineage and clinical site of tuberculosisEleanor S Click
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:211-9. 2012..We sought to determine whether M. tuberculosis lineage is associated with the site of tuberculosis disease...
Prospective comparison of the tuberculin skin test and 2 whole-blood interferon-gamma release assays in persons with suspected tuberculosisGerald H Mazurek
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:837-45. 2007..tuberculosis by culture...
