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- 1Franco-Villalobos, Conrado
- 1Gupta, Nancy
- 1Heffernan, Courtney
- 1Heyd, Amber T
- 1Langlois-Klassen, Deanne L
- 4Department of Medicine
- 2Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- 2Department of Public Health Sciences
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- 1Department of Human Ecology
- 5Long, Richard (Medicine)
- 1Dr. Long, Richard (Department of Medicine)
- 1Dr. Michael Li (Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 1Dr. Richard Long (School of Public Health and Department of Medicine)
- 1Dr. Saunders,L Duncan (School of Public Health)
- 1Gokiert, Rebecca (Faculty of Extension)
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Spring 2013
Aims: This study aims to 1) provide a platform to discuss and document one First Nations community’s experiences and impacts of tuberculosis (TB); and 2) to understand the social context occurring within the community which may promote continual disease transmission. Methods: This Community-Based...
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Clinical, Laboratory and Treatment Outcome Characteristics of Foreign-Born Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Alberta by Immigration Status, 2004-2013
DownloadFall 2017
Canada is a low TB incidence country, with a rate of 4.4 per 100,000 in 2014. Despite this low incidence rate, TB affects certain groups disproportionately, most notably foreign-born persons from high incidence countries and Indigenous peoples. This study compares clinical, laboratory, and...
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Comparing contact investigations of tuberculosis cases among the Canadian Born Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal population in Alberta, Canada
DownloadSpring 2015
It is well established that the rates of tuberculosis (TB) among Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta are disproportionately higher than those in the Canadian-born 'other' population group (Jensen, Lau, Langlois-Klassen, et al., 2012). In addition, Aboriginal Peoples living on-reserve have higher rates...
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Fall 2011
The current status of the disease of tuberculosis (TB) demands a rapid, simple and inexpensive point-of-care detection. This study reported the designing of an enzyme linked immunoassay that could detect the antigen lipoarabinomannan (LAM), found to be present in different body fluids of the...
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Identification of Shared and Distinct Gene-disease Associations Among Multiple Related Diseases and Multiple Subtypes of a Disease
DownloadFall 2013
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach with high-throughput genotyping to uncover genetic susceptibilities of complex diseases. However, the genetic susceptibilities discovered usually carry very small risk increments. Additionally, the current approach to assess whether these...
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Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among an Inner-city Population with Psychosocial Barriers to Treatment Adherence
DownloadFall 2020
BACKGROUND: In Canada, preventive therapy for LTBI has meant long durations and frequent dosing. This contributes to poor adherence and completion rates. In response, a shortened treatment regimen, once weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid for 3 months (3HP), is now available, though there has been...
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Modeling the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Long-Term Care Facilities using a Network Model
DownloadFall 2012
Tuberculosis (TB) infection in the elderly is frequently misdiagnosed. The resulting treatment delay may increase TB transmission which is higher in long-term care (LTC) facilities. The CDC's recommendations to prevent and control TB in LTC facilities include TB education and better initial...
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Spring 2012
Immigrant-receiving countries like Canada must meet the challenge of tuberculosis (TB) in their foreign-born populations. One puzzling question is why, despite fluctuating levels of immigration from high incidence source countries, only modest variations in foreign-born TB incidence have been...
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Spring 2017
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), continues to be a leading infectious cause of death worldwide with approximately 10 million new cases and 2 million deaths attributed annually. There has been resurgence in active TB infections since 1980s and the World Health...
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Spring 2020
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that has an airborne route of transmission. It is a disease of poverty that exists in every country of the world. Within high-income, low TB burden settings, the disease increasingly affects vulnerable and underserved population groups who are...