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Tuberculosis (TB)

  • S.M. Blower and V. Supervie. 2007. Predicting the future of XDR tuberculosis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 7(7): 443. [Full Text].

  • S.M. Blower and T. Chou. 2004. Modeling the emergence of the 'hot zones': tuberculosis and the amplification dynamics of drug resistance. Nature Medicine 10(10). [Full Text] [Supplemental Information].
    Science Magazine's Editor's Choice Article in the field of Medicine. [Link]    .

  • E. Ziv, C.L. Daley, S. Blower. 2004. Potential public health impact of new tuberculosis vaccines. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(9): 1529-1535. [Full Text]

  • S.M. Blower and C.L. Daley. 2002. Problems and solutions for the Stop TB Partnership. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2: 374-376. [Full Text]
  • T.C. Porco, P.M. Small and S.M. Blower. 2001. Amplification dynamics: Predicting the effect of HIV on tuberculosis outbreaks. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 28 : 437-444. [Full Text] (Big file, Please be patient)
  • E. Ziv, C.L. Daley and S.M. Blower. 2001. Early therapy for latent tuberculosis Infection. American Journal of Epidemiology 153 (4): 381-385. [Full Text]
  • T. Lietman and S.M. Blower. 2000. The potential impact of tuberculosis vaccines as epidemic control agents. Clinical Infectious Diseases 30:S316-S322 [Full Text]
  • T. Lietman and S.M. Blower. 1999. Tuberculosis vaccines. Science 1286: 1300-1301. [Full Text]
  • S.M. Blower, K. Koelle and T. Lietman. 1999. Antibiotic resistance - to treat...(or not to treat)? Nature Medicine 5 (4): 358-359. [Full Text]
  • S.M. Blower, T.C. Porco and T. Lietman. 1998. Tuberculosis: the evolution of antibiotic resistance and the design of epidemic control strategies". Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences. Eds Horn, Simonett, Webb. Vanderbilt University Press. [Full Text]
  • S.M. Blower and J.L. Gerberding. 1998. Understanding, predicting and controlling the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a theoretical framework. Journal of Molecular Medicine 76: 624-636. [Full Text] [Simulation]
  • T.C. Porco and S.M. Blower. 1998. Quantifying the intrinsic transmission dynamics of tuberculosis. Theoretical Population Biology 54: 117-132. [Full Text]
  • T. Lietman, T.C. Porco and S.M. Blower. 1997. Leprosy and tuberculosis: the epidemiological consequences of Cross-Immunity. American Journal of Public Health 87 (12): 1923-1927. [Full Text]
  • M.A. Sanchez and S.M. Blower. 1997. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the basic reproductive rate: tuberculosis as an Example. American Journal of Epidemiology 145: 1127-1137.
  • S.M. Blower, P.M. Small and P.C. Hopewell. 1996. Control strategies for tuberculosis epidemics: new models for old problems. Science 273:497-500. [Full Text]
  • S.M. Blower et al. 1995. The intrinsic transmission dynamics of tuberculosis epidemics. Nature Medicine 1 (8): 815-821. [Full Text]

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