Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts - Authors' reply

Matthew J Saunders¹, Tom Wingfield², Marco A Tovar³, Matthew R Baldwin⁴, Sumona Datta⁵, Carlton A Evans⁶

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¹ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: matthew.saunders@ifhad.org.
² Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru; The Institute for Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK; Department of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁴ Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru.
⁶ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru.

PMID: 29173882
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30642-4

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Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts - Authors' reply

Matthew J Saunders et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;17(12):1238-1239.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30642-4.

Authors

Matthew J Saunders¹, Tom Wingfield², Marco A Tovar³, Matthew R Baldwin⁴, Sumona Datta⁵, Carlton A Evans⁶

Affiliations

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: matthew.saunders@ifhad.org.
² Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru; The Institute for Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK; Department of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁴ Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru.
⁶ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Innovación por la Salud y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru.

PMID: 29173882
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30642-4

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A score to predict and stratify risk of tuberculosis in adult contacts of tuberculosis index cases: a prospective derivation and external validation cohort study.
Saunders MJ, Wingfield T, Tovar MA, Baldwin MR, Datta S, Zevallos K, Montoya R, Valencia TR, Friedland JS, Moulton LH, Gilman RH, Evans CA. Saunders MJ, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Nov;17(11):1190-1199. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30447-4. Epub 2017 Aug 18. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28827142 Free PMC article.
Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts.
Tejan N, Uniyal R, Paliwal VK, Malhotra HS, Garg RK. Tejan N, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;17(12):1237-1238. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30641-2. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 29173880 No abstract available.
Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts.
Arend SM, Uzorka JW. Arend SM, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;17(12):1237. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30640-0. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 29173881 No abstract available.

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