Tuberculosis treatment outcome and predictors in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MY Teferi, Z El-Khatib, MT Boltena… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review aimed to summarize and estimate the TB treatment success rate and factors
associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes in Africa. Potentially eligible primary …

How spatial epidemiology helps understand infectious human disease transmission

CH Lin, TH Wen - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both directly and indirectly transmitted infectious diseases in humans are spatial-related.
Spatial dimensions include: distances between susceptible humans and the environments …

Impact of socio-economic factors on Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in north-eastern Uganda: a mixed methods study

J Nidoi, W Muttamba, S Walusimbi, JF Imoko… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem and at 48%, Karamoja in
North-Eastern Uganda has the lowest treatment success rate nationally. Addressing the …

Spatial patterns of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Ethiopia

KA Alene, K Viney, HC Moore, M Wagaw… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the leading
causes of infectious-disease-related deaths in Ethiopia, but little is known about their spatial …

Determinants of an unfavorable treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients in the Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

BM Ereso, M Sagbakken, C Gradmann, SA Yimer - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health challenge in Ethiopia. TB treatment
outcomes were suboptimal compared to the expected target of the national TB control …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive analysis of the stochastic fractal–fractional tuberculosis model via Mittag-Leffler kernel and white noise

S Rashid, MK Iqbal, AM Alshehri, R Ashraf, F Jarad - Results in Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, we develop a stochastic framework for analysing tuberculosis (TB) evolution
that includes newborn immunization via the fractal–fractional (F–F) derivative in the …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of unsuccessful treatment outcomes among drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A …

HT Adane, RC Howe, L Wassie, MJ Magee - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The impact of diabetes mellitus on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes has
not been well investigated in most sub-Saharan countries including Ethiopia. The current …

Spatial codistribution of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in Ethiopia

KA Alene, A Elagali, DD Barth, SF Rumisha… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria are the three most important infectious
diseases in Ethiopia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the spatial codistribution of …

Predictors of loss to follow-up among adult tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

D Watumo, MM Mengesha, T Gobena… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major
public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug …

Spatiotemporal patterns of tuberculosis in Hunan Province, China

KA Alene, Z Xu, L Bai, H Yi, Y Tan, DJ Gray… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a bacterial pathogen worldwide. China
has the third highest TB burden in the world, with a high reported burden in Hunan Province …