Esther Jung

Factors associated with tuberculosis symptom reporting among persons deprived of liberty in Brazil during active case finding: a cross-sectional study

José Victor Bortolotto Bampi, Argita D. Salindri, Iran Gonçalves, Jaqueline Silveira Coene et autres

Introduction: Active case finding (ACF) can improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in high-burden populations. Many programmes rely on symptom evaluation as the first screening step; however, symptom reporting may vary according to the context of evaluation. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of …

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Longitudinal Symptom Transitions Predict Incident Tuberculosis Risk in Serial Active Case Finding

Esther Jung, José Victor Bortolotto Bampi, Alessandra Moura da Silva, Ying Liu et autres

Tuberculosis (TB) screening often relies on cross-sectional symptom assessment. To determine the added value of longitudinal symptom monitoring, we conducted a prospective cohort study among 2282 incarcerated men in Brazil. Every 4 months, participants were assessed for symptoms and incident TB (Xpert …

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shiva Ram Naga, Esther Jung, Basudha Shrestha et autres

BACKGROUND: While typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) offer promise for reducing risk in endemic settings, their population-level impact remains unclear. In 2022, Nepal introduced TCV nationally on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted healthcare services, surveillance, and potentially typhoid transmission dynamics, …

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Data from: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and TCV introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shivram Naga, Esther Jung, Basuda Shrestha et autres

While typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) offer promise for reducing risk in endemic settings, their population-level impact remains unclear. In 2022, Nepal introduced TCV nationally on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted healthcare services, surveillance, and potentially typhoid transmission dynamics, complicating …

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Data from: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and TCV introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shivram Naga, Esther Jung, Basuda Shrestha et autres

While typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) offer promise for reducing risk in endemic settings, their population-level impact remains unclear. In 2022, Nepal introduced TCV nationally on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted healthcare services, surveillance, and potentially typhoid transmission dynamics, complicating …

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Combining Sputum Pooling and Automated Chest X-Ray Evaluation in Efficient Algorithms for Tuberculosis Active Case Finding

José Victor Bortolotto Bampi, Esther Jung, Juliana Barros Verruck, Mariana Garcia Croda et autres

Data from: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and TCV introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shivram Naga, Esther Jung, Basuda Shrestha et autres

While typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) offer promise for reducing risk in endemic settings, their population-level impact remains unclear. In 2022, Nepal introduced TCV nationally on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted healthcare services, surveillance, and potentially typhoid transmission dynamics, complicating …

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Effectiveness of the TYPHIBEV® (Vi-CRM197 conjugate) vaccine introduction in Nepal: a test-negative, case-control study

Dipesh Tamrakar, Esther Jung, Pratibha Bista Roka, Rabin Sharma Pokharel et autres

ABSTRACT Introduction Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, remains a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. TYPHIBEV®, a Vi-CRM197 typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), received WHO prequalification based on immunogenicity data, but there have been no published data on clinical efficacy or …

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Longitudinal symptom transitions predict incident tuberculosis risk in serial active case finding

Esther Jung, José Victor Bortolotto Bampi, Alessandra Moura da Silva, Yiran E. Liu et autres

ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) screening often relies on cross-sectional symptom assessment. To determine the added value of longitudinal symptom monitoring, we conducted a prospective cohort study among 2,282 incarcerated men in Brazil. Every four months, participants were assessed for symptoms and incident TB …

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Role of tuberculosis symptoms in transmission risk to cell contacts in prisons

Wanessa da Silva Peres Bezerra, Esther Jung, Mariana Garcia Croda, Roberto Dias de Oliveira et autres

Background: transmission is critical to devising effective strategies to reduce its burden. Whether and to what extent symptoms influence transmission remains poorly understood. Methods: Between 2020 and 2022, we systematically screened persons deprived of liberty (PDL) from three prisons in Brazil for …

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shivram Naga, Esther Jung, Basudha Shrestha et autres

ABSTRACT Background While typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) offer promise for reducing risk in endemic settings, their population-level impact remains unclear. In 2022, Nepal introduced TCV nationally on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted healthcare services, surveillance, and potentially typhoid transmission …

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The role of tuberculosis symptoms in transmission risk to cell contacts in prisons

Wanessa da Silva Peres Bezerra, Esther Jung, Mariana Garcia Croda, Roberto Dias de Oliveira et autres

Background: transmission is critical to devising effective strategies to reduce its burden. Whether and to what extent symptoms influence transmission remains poorly understood. Methods: Between 2020 and 2022, we systematically screened PDL from three prisons in Brazil for TB by symptom assessment …

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