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C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr.

Boston University - School of Public Health

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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725

TOTAL CITATIONS

4

Scholarly Papers (6)

1.

Impact of Undernutrition on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in India: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analysis

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Apr 2022
Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Johns Hopkins India, JIPMER - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Johns Hopkins University - Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), - Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site (CRS), Christian Medical College - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Christian Medical College, Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Christian Medical College - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Massachusetts Worcester - UMass Chan Medical School, Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Boston University - School of Public Health, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases
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Tuberculosis, undernutrition, BMI, India

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Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Among People Who Smoke Illicit Drugs: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study in the Western Cape, South Africa

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Nov 2024
Boston University - Department of Biostatistics, South African Medical Research Council, Stellenbosch University - DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Boston University - Boston Medical Center, Brewelskloof Hospita, Boston University - Department of Epidemiology, Duke University - School of Medicine, Boston University - Boston Medical Center, Stellenbosch University - DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, South African Medical Research Council - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Boston University - School of Public Health, Boston University - Department of Biostatistics, Stellenbosch University - Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics and Boston University - Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, key population, smoked drug use, respondent-driven sampling, peer recruitment, prevalence, subclinical disease

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Cost-Effectiveness of In-Kind Nutritional Support for Impoverished Persons with Tuberculosis to Reduce Mortality and Disengagement from Care in India: A Modeling Study

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Apr 2025
Boston University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Microbiology, Boston University - Boston Medical Center, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi - Centre for Community Medicine, Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Central TB Division, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Miriam Hospital - Center for Bariatric Surgery, Cornell University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University - School of Public Health, Boston University - Department of Biostatistics and Boston University
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Nutritional supplementation, tuberculosis, undernutrition, Global health, health economics

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In-Kind Nutritional Supplementation for Household Contacts of Persons with Tuberculosis Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: A Modeling Study

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jan 2024
Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University - Boston Medical Center, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University - School of Public Health and Harvard University - Department of Global Health and Population
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Nutritional supplementation, tuberculosis, undernutrition, India, health economics

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Nutritional Supplementation Cost-Effectively Decreases Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, JIPMER - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, JIPMER - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Boston University - Department of Global Health, Boston University Questrom School of Business - Susilo Institute for Ethics in a Global Economy, Miriam Hospital - Center for Bariatric Surgery, JIPMER - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Harvard University - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston University - School of Public Health, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases and Boston University - Section of Infectious Diseases
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Risk of Emergence of Rifampin-Resistance after Loss to Follow-Up from First-Line Tuberculosis Treatment

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 May 2024
Boston University, NGO Infection Control Ukraine, Brown University - Department of Pediatrics, Boston University - School of Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Brown University, Bogomolets National Medical University and Boston University
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treatment length, treatment duration, shortened regimen