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Saunders, Matthew J. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Collier, Dami ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Valencia, Teresa R. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-07-04T16:59:18ZBACKGROUND: Active case-finding among contacts of patients with tuberculosis is a global health priority, but the effects of active versus passive case-finding are poorly characterised. We assessed the contribution of active versus passive case-[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Datta, Sumona ; Saunders, Matthew J. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2018-12-03T17:04:42Ztexto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Boccia, Delia ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Montoya, Rosario ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBackground. Cash transfers are key interventions in the World Health Organisation’s post-2015 global TB policy. However, evidence guiding TB-specific cash transfer implementation is limited. We designed, implemented and refined a novel TB-specif[...]texto impreso
Ticona, Eduardo ; Huaroto, Luz ; Kirwan, Daniela E. ; Chumpitaz, Milagros ; Munayco, Cesar V. ; Maguina, Monica ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Evans, Carlton A. ; Escombe, Roderick ; Gilman, Robert H. | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019-02-06T14:48:07ZMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) rates in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care facility increased by the year 2000-56% of TB cases, eight times the national MDRTB rate. We reported the effect of tuberculosis infection control measu[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Saunders, Matthew J. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Public Library of Science | 2019-01-25T16:59:39ZIn a Perspective accompanying Sylvia and colleagues, Carlton Evans and colleagues discuss the challenge of squaring policies around tuberculosis diagnosis with the realities of clinical practice in small villages and low-resource settings.texto impreso
Saunders, Matthew J. ; Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Herlihy, Niamh ; Rocha, Claudio ; Zevallos, Karine ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric ; Datta, Sumona ; Evans, Carlton A. | Wiley | 2018-11-30T17:17:15ZOBJECTIVES: Mobile phone interventions have been advocated for tuberculosis care, but little is known about access of target populations to mobile phones. We studied mobile phone access among patients with tuberculosis, focusing on vulnerable pa[...]texto impreso
Saunders, Matthew J. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Datta, Sumona ; Evans, Benjamin E. W. ; Wingfield, Tom ; Evans, Carlton A. | European Respiratory Society | 2018-12-03T17:04:41Ztexto impreso
Saunders, Matthew J. ; Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Datta, Sumona ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-01-25T17:00:27Ztexto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Boccia, Delia ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric ; Datta, Sumona ; Saunders, Matthew J. ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | World Health Organization | 2019-01-25T15:02:14ZOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of socioeconomic support on tuberculosis preventive therapy initiation in household contacts of tuberculosis patients and on treatment success in patients. METHODS: A non-blinded, household-randomized, controlle[...]texto impreso
Saunders, Matthew J. ; Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Datta, Sumona ; Zevallos, Karine ; Montoya, Rosario ; Valencia, Teresa R. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Moulton, Larry H. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-01-25T15:02:14ZBACKGROUND: Contacts of tuberculosis index cases are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. Screening, preventive therapy, and surveillance for tuberculosis are underused interventions in contacts, particularly adults. We developed a scor[...]texto impreso
Datta, Sumona ; Sherman, Jonathan M. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Bravard, Marjory A. ; Valencia, Teresa ; Montoya, Rosario ; Quino, Willi ; D'Arcy, Nikki ; Ramos, Eric S. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Oxford University Press | 2019-01-25T16:03:21ZBackground: Sputum from patients with tuberculosis contains subpopulations of metabolically active and inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis with unknown implications for infectiousness. Methods: We assessed sputum microscopy with fluorescein diac[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Huff, Doug ; Boccia, Delia ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Evans, Carlton A. | European Respiratory Society | 2019-02-06T14:48:08ZThe End TB Strategy mandates that no tuberculosis (TB)-affected households face catastrophic costs due to TB. However, evidence is limited to evaluate socioeconomic support to achieve this change in policy and practice. The objective of the pres[...]texto impreso
Wingfield, Tom ; Schumacher, Samuel G. ; Sandhu, Gurjinder ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Zevallos, Karine ; Baldwin, Matthew R. ; Montoya, Rosario ; Ramos, Eric S. ; Jongkaewwattana, Chulanee ; Lewis, James J. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Evans, Carlton A. | Oxford University Press | 2020-06-10T18:12:15ZBACKGROUND: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS: Tuberculosis symptom-onset and diagn[...]texto impreso
Westerlund, Emma E. ; Tovar, Marco A. ; Lonnermark, Elisabet ; Montoya, Rosario ; Evans, Carlton A. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:57:40ZOBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis is frequent among poor and marginalized people whose limited tuberculosis-related knowledge may impair healthcare access. We characterised tuberculosis-related knowledge and associations with delayed treatment and treatm[...]
