The inclusion of children and adolescents in tuberculosis diagnostic development and evaluation–a consensus statement

Authors: Bijker, Else M, Horn, Lyn, LaCourse, Sylvia, MacLean, Emily L, Marais, Ben J, Nicol, Mark P, Olbrich, Laura, Seddon, James A, Sutherland, Jayne S, Song, Rinn, Zar, Heather J, Jaganath, Devan ^*

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases November 2024 24(11):e688-e695

Isoniazid preventive therapy during infancy does not adversely affect growth among HIV-exposed uninfected children: Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.

Authors: Cherkos, Ashenafi Shumey¹ (AUTHOR), LaCourse, Sylvia M.^2,3,4 (AUTHOR), Enquobahrie, Daniel A.² (AUTHOR), Escudero, Jaclyn N.⁴ (AUTHOR), Mecha, Jerphason⁵ (AUTHOR), Matemo, Daniel⁶ (AUTHOR), Kinuthia, John^6,7 (AUTHOR), Iribarren, Sarah J.⁸ (AUTHOR), John-Stewart, Grace^2,3,4,9 (AUTHOR) gjohn@uw.edu

Source: PLoS ONE. 8/16/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 8, p1-13. 13p.

Subject Terms: *INFECTION prevention, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *ISONIAZID, *INFANTS, *LINEAR statistical models

Latent tuberculosis is associated with heightened levels of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines among Kenyan men and women living with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy

Authors: Temu, Tecla M., Polyak, Stephen J., Wanjalla, Celestine N., Mandela, Nelson Aringo, Dabee, Smritee, Mogaka, Jerusha N., Masyuko, Sarah, Longernecker, Chris, Shakil, Saate, Chohan, Bhavna, Page, Stephanie T., Lacourse, Sylvia M., Gitura, Bernard, Crothers, Kristina, Oyugi, Julius, Jaspan, Heather, Farquhar, Carey, Zifodya, Jerry S.

Source: AIDS. 37(7):1065-1075

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Tuberculosis Preventative Therapy Initiation and Completion Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living With HIV in Kenya

Authors: Black, Danae A., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Njuguna, Irene N., Beima-Sofie, Kristin M., Mburu, Caren W., Mugo, Cyrus, Itindi, Janet, Onyango, Alvin, Richardson, Barbra A., Wamalwa, Dalton C., John-Stewart, Grace C.

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 92(3):250-259

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Effect of pregnancy versus postpartum maternal isoniazid preventive therapy on infant growth in HIV-exposed uninfected infants: a post-hoc analysis of the TB APPRISE trial

Authors: Sterling, Timothy R., Browning, Renee, McCarthy, Katie, Aaron, Lisa, Shin, Katherine, Golner, Amanda, Zimmer, Bonnie, Mathad, Jyoti S., Pahwa, Savita, Kulkarni, Vandana, Costello, Diane, Rexroad, Vivian, Gandhi, Monica, Du Plessis, Joan, James Loftis, Amy, Cherkos, Ashenafi S., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Enquobahrie, Daniel A., Richardson, Barbra A., Bradford, Sarah, Montepiedra, Grace, Mmbaga, Blandina T., Mbengeranwa, Tapiwa, Masheto, Gaerolwe, Jean–Phillippe, Patrick, Chakhtoura, Nahida, Theron, Gerhard, Weinberg, Adriana, Cassim, Haseena, Raesi, Mpho S., Jean, Elsie, Wabwire, Deo, Nematadzira, Teacler, Stranix-Chibanda, Lynda, Hesseling, Anneke C., Aurpibul, Linda, Gupta, Amita, John-Stewart, Grace

Source: In eClinicalMedicine April 2023 58

Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Authors: Dhana, Ashar, Hamada, Yohhei, Kengne, Andre P, Kerkhoff, Andrew D, Rangaka, Molebogeng X, Kredo, Tamara, Baddeley, Annabel, Miller, Cecily, Singh, Satvinder, Hanifa, Yasmeen, Grant, Alison D, Fielding, Katherine, Affolabi, Dissou, Merle, Corinne S, Wachinou, Ablo Prudence, Yoon, Christina, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Hoffmann, Christopher J, Martinson, Neil, Mbu, Eyongetah Tabenyang, Sander, Melissa S, Balcha, Taye T, Skogmar, Sten, Reeve, Byron W P, Theron, Grant, Ndlangalavu, Gcobisa, Modi, Surbhi, Cavanaugh, Joseph, Swindells, Susan, Chaisson, Richard E, Ahmad Khan, Faiz, Howard, Andrea A, Wood, Robin, Thit, Swe Swe, Kyi, Mar Mar, Hanson, Josh, Drain, Paul K, Shapiro, Adrienne E, Kufa, Tendesayi, Churchyard, Gavin, Nguyen, Duc T, Graviss, Edward A, Bjerrum, Stephanie, Johansen, Isik S, Gersh, Jill K, Horne, David J, LaCourse, Sylvia M, Al-Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Kempker, Russell R, Tukvadze, Nestani, Barr, David A, Meintjes, Graeme, Maartens, Gary

Source: Lancet infectious diseases. 22(4):507-518

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Brief Report: Performance of Tuberculosis Symptom Screening Among Hospitalized ART-Naive Children With HIV in Kenya

Authors: Cranmer, Lisa M., Njuguna, Irene N., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Figueroa, Janet, Gillespie, Scott, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Otieno, Vincent, Mugo, Cyrus, Okinyi, Helen, Benki-Nugent, Sarah, Pavlinac, Patricia B., Malik, Amyn A., Gandhi, Neel R., Richardson, Barbara A., Stern, Joshua, Wamalwa, Dalton C., John-Stewart, Grace C.

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 91(3):280-284

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Interferon Gamma Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test Performance in Pregnant Women Living With and Without HIV

Authors: Kaplan, Samantha R., Escudero, Jaclyn N., Mecha, Jerphason, Richardson, Barbra A., Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Matemo, Daniel, Kinuthia, John, John-Stewart, Grace C., LaCourse, Sylvia M.

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 89(1):98-107

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CRISPR detection of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in adults and children, including children with HIV: a molecular diagnostics study

Authors: Huang, Zhen, LaCourse, Sylvia M, Kay, Alexander W, Stern, Joshua, Escudero, Jaclyn N, Youngquist, Brady M, Zheng, Wenshu, Vambe, Debrah, Dlamini, Muyalo, Mtetwa, Godwin, Cranmer, Lisa M, Njuguna, Irene, Wamalwa, Dalton C, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Catanzaro, Donald G, Lyon, Christopher J, John-Stewart, Grace, DiNardo, Andrew, Mandalakas, Anna M, Ning, Bo, Hu, Tony Y ^*

Source: In The Lancet Microbe July 2022 3(7):e482-e492

Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in High TB-Burden Settings: A State-of-the-Art Review: Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment: A State-of-the-Art Review: V. Chihota et al.

Authors: Chihota, Violet, Gombe, Makaita, Gupta, Amita, Salazar-Austin, Nicole, Ryckman, Tess, Hoffmann, Christopher J., LaCourse, Sylvia, Mathad, Jyoti S., Mave, Vidya, Dooley, Kelly E., Chaisson, Richard E., Churchyard, Gavin

Source: Drugs; Feb2025, Vol. 85 Issue 2, p127-147, 21p

Subject Terms: DRUG therapy for tuberculosis, TUBERCULOSIS prevention, HIV prevention, MIDDLE-income countries, NATIONAL health services, HUMAN services programs, HIV-positive persons, HIV infections, PREGNANT women, ANTITUBERCULAR agents, PHYSICIANS, LOW-income countries, ECONOMIC aspects of diseases, DISEASE progression

Diminished Mycobacterium tuberculosis–specific T-cell Responses During Pregnancy in Women With HIV and Receiving Isoniazid Preventive Therapy.

Authors: Saha, Aparajita, Escudero, Jaclyn N, Layouni, Troy, Mecha, Jerphason, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Matemo, Daniel, Kinuthia, John, John-Stewart, Grace, Richardson, Barbra A, LaCourse, Sylvia M, Shah, Javeed A

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases; Feb2025, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: INTERFERON gamma release tests, PREGNANT women, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, T cells, CD4 antigen

A CD4+ TNF+ monofunctional memory T-cell response to BCG vaccination is associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in infants exposed to HIV

Authors: Warr, Alex J., Anterasian, Christine, Shah, Javeed A, De Rosa, Stephen C., Nguyen, Felicia K., Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Cranmer, Lisa M., Matemo, Daniel, Mecha, Jerphason, Kinuthia, John, LaCourse, Sylvia M., John-Stewart, Grace C., Hawn, Thomas R.

Source: In eBioMedicine June 2022 80

Report: A Pox Presenting Without Pox

Authors: Karmarkar, Ellora, Altwies, Eden E., Desta, Russom, Ahmed, Alwiya M., Nick, Epiphany, Gozo, Maria Amoreth R., Cogen, Anna L., Uribe, Gabriela, Disharoon, Steven, Liles, W. Conrad, LaCourse, Sylvia M.

Source: Sexually transmitted diseases. 49(12):855-857

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Urine Tuberculosis Lipoarabinomannan Predicts Mortality in Hospitalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children

Authors: LaCourse, Sylvia M., Cranmer, Lisa M., Njuguna, Irene N., Gatimu, John, Stern, Joshua, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Walson, Judd L., Wamalwa, Dalton, John-Stewart, Grace C., Pavlinac, Patricia B.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 Jun 01. 66(11), 1798-1801.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26526219

Brief Report: High Programmatic Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) Use in Pregnancy Among HIV-Infected Women

Authors: LaCourse, Sylvia M., Wagner, Anjuli D., Cranmer, Lisa M., Copeland, Audrey, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Richardson, Barbra A., Matemo, Daniel, Kinuthia, John, John-Stewart, Grace

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 82(1):41-45

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Brief Report: Cofactors of Mortality Among Hospitalized HIV-Infected Children Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya

Authors: Njuguna, Irene N., Cranmer, Lisa M., Wagner, Anjuli D., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Mugo, Cyrus, Benki-Nugent, Sarah, Richardson, Barbra A., Stern, Joshua, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Wamalwa, Dalton C., John-Stewart, Grace

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 81(2):138-144

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Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Associated With Tuberculosis Disease and Declines With Anti-TB Treatment in HIV-Infected Children

Authors: Choudhary, Rewa K, Wall, Kristin M., Njuguna, Irene, Pavlinac, Patricia B., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Otieno, Vincent, Gatimu, John, Stern, Joshua, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Wamalwa, Dalton, John-Stewart, Grace, Cranmer, Lisa M.

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 80(2):174-181

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Development of a Clinical Prediction Score Including Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio to Inform Tuberculosis Treatment Among Children With HIV: A Multicountry Study

Authors: Malik, Amyn A, Gandhi, Neel R, Marcy, Olivier, Walters, Elisabetta, Tejiokem, Mathurin, Chau, Giang Do, Omer, Saad B, Lash, Timothy L, Becerra, Mercedes C, Njuguna, Irene N, LaCourse, Sylvia M, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Wamalwa, Dalton, John-Stewart, Grace C, Cranmer, Lisa M

Source: Open forum infectious diseases. 9(11)

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Drop‐offs in the isoniazid preventive therapy cascade among children living with HIV in western Kenya, 2015–2019

Authors: Onyango, Dickens Otieno, Sande, Marianne A. B., Yuen, Courtney M., Mecha, Jerphason, Matemo, Daniel, Oele, Elizabeth, Kinuthia, John, John‐Stewart, Grace, LaCourse, Sylvia M.

Source: Journal of the International AIDS Society. 25(8)

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Hybrid Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy Provides More Durable Infant Antibody Responses Compared to Natural Infection Alone.

Authors: LaCourse, Sylvia M^1,2,3 (AUTHOR) sylvial2@uw.edu, Wetzler, Erica A² (AUTHOR), Aurelio, Morgan C² (AUTHOR), Escudero, Jaclyn N² (AUTHOR), Selke, Stacy S⁴ (AUTHOR), Greninger, Alexander L⁴ (AUTHOR), Goecker, Erin A⁴ (AUTHOR), Barnes, Sarina R⁴ (AUTHOR), Arnould, Isabel S⁴ (AUTHOR), Pérez-Osorio, Ailyn C⁴ (AUTHOR), Richardson, Barbra A^2,5 (AUTHOR), Kachikis, Alisa⁶ (AUTHOR), Englund, Janet A^7,8 (AUTHOR), Drake, Alison L^2,3 (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 6/15/2024, Vol. 229 Issue 6, p1728-1739. 12p.

Subject Terms: *ANTIBODY formation, *PREGNANT women, *SARS-CoV-2, *PREGNANCY, *INFANTS