TB Notes 1, 2005

No. 1, 2005

Updates from the SEOIB

Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC) Update

Table 1. TBESC Research

Task Order No.	Title	Principal Investigator	Co-principal investigator	# of participating sites	Study duration (yrs)
1	TBES Consortium: Core requirements			22	10
2	Prospective evaluation of immunogenetic and immunologic markers for susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection and progression from M. Tuberculosis infection to active TB	Mary Reichler	Tim Sterling	9	4
3	Zero tolerance for pediatric TB	Mark Lobato		3	2
4	Models for incorporating HIV counseling, testing, and referral into tuberculosis contact investigations	Suzanne Marks		1	2
5	Prevalence of LTBI among high risk populations in the United States	Rachel Albalak		3	2
6	Regional capacity-building in low-incidence areas	Paul Tribble		1	5
7	Use of network analysis methods to characterize M. tuberculosis transmission patterns among women and other high-risk populations	Peter McElroy	Maureen Wilce	3	1
8	A national genotyping registry for molecular epidemiologic analysis of multi-drug resistant M. tuberculosis	Kashef Ijaz	Jenny Flood	17	4
9	Enhanced surveillance to identify missed opportunities for TB prevention in foreign-born population in the United States and Canada	Dolly Katz, Randall Reves, Amy Davidow		22	4
10	New Model for Assessing TB Surveillance and Action Performance and Cost	Scott McNabb		2	3
11	Addressing TB Among African Americans in the Southeast: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Treatment Adherence for LTBI and TB Disease	Nick DeLuca		1	2
12	Assessing the TB Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices Among Private Providers Serving Foreign-born Populations at Risk for TB	Nick DeLuca		1	2
13	Factors associated with acceptance of, adherence to and toxicity from treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (TLTBI) and pilot study of TLTBI effectiveness: Phase I	Bob Horsburgh	Robin Shrestha-Kuwahara, Stefan Goldberg	20	4
14	Culturally Appropriate TB Educational Materials for Leaders and Staff of Hispanic Service Organizations	Nick DeLuca	Scott McCoy	1	2
15	Enhancing TB programs’ capacity for self-evaluation: testing new tools and developing an evaluation toolkit	Mark Lobato, Maureen Wilce		2-3	1
16Alt*	African Refugee Women’s Health Improvement Project	Sue Etkind, Jennifer Cochran		1	2
17Alt**	Evaluation of the TK Medium: A new rapid solid culture system for tuberculosis	Rick O'Brien	Rachel Albalak, Tom Shinnick	3	6 months

*Local initiative not reviewed and monitored by TBESC Research Committee
** Funded by outside source

Table 2. TBESC Research Progress

Status	Task Order #*
Data collection completed	3,4,6,7
Data collection ongoing	2, 5, 9, 10,12, 13, 14
Undergoing IRB review (CDC and/or local)	8, 11
Protocol development	15, 16, 17

*Refers to the numbers in Table 1.

Released September 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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