Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases

MD, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
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Dr. Carlos Acuña-Villaorduña is an infectious disease specialist with interest in tuberculosis, tropical medicine, and mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. After finishing medical school, he worked as a researcher at the “Alexander Von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute” in Lima, Peru, the largest tropical medicine in South America, where he successfully collaborated in several research projects in tuberculosis epidemiology and diagnostics. After moving to the United States to complete his medical training, he earned a master degree in epidemiology at the “University of London”. He currently holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University and provide care for patients at the tuberculosis clinic of Boston. Dr. Acuña-Villaorduña is interested in understanding the complex mechanisms leading to tuberculosis transmission in developing countries. His research focuses on investigating the ability of certain mycobacterial strains to survive in the environment and to produce infection and disease.



Ultra: Accuracy of the Xpert Ultra for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
09/01/2017 - 01/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, MD
Medical University of South Carolina NIH


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  1. Hamada Y, Quartagno M, Malik F, Ntshamane K, Tisler A, Gaikwad S, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bhavani PK, Alisjahbana B, Ronacher K, Apriani L, Becerra M, Chu AL, Creswell J, Diaz G, Ferro BE, Galea JT, Grandjean L, Grewal HMS, Gupta A, Jones-López EC, Kleynhans L, Lecca L, MacPherson P, Murray M, Marín D, Restrepo BI, Shivakumar SVBY, Shu E, Sivakumaran D, Vo LNQ, Webb EL, Copas A, Abubakar I, Rangaka MX. Prevalence of non-communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Trop Med Int Health. 2024 Sep; 29(9):768-780. PMID: 39073229; PMCID: PMC11368628; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.14038;
     
  2. Hamada Y, Gupta RK, Quartagno M, Izzard A, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Altet N, Diel R, Dominguez J, Floyd S, Gupta A, Huerga H, Jones-López EC, Kinikar A, Lange C, van Leth F, Liu Q, Lu W, Lu P, Rueda IL, Martinez L, Mbandi SK, Muñoz L, Padilla ES, Paradkar M, Scriba T, Sester M, Shanaube K, Sharma SK, Sloot R, Sotgiu G, Thiruvengadam K, Vashishtha R, Abubakar I, Rangaka MX. Predictive performance of interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test for incident tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Feb; 56:101815.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36636295; PMCID: PMC9829704; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101815;
     
  3. Sinha P, Lakshminarayanan SL, Cintron C, Narasimhan PB, Locks LM, Kulatilaka N, Maloomian K, Prakash Babu S, Carwile ME, Liu AF, Horsburgh CR, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Linas BP, Hochberg NS. Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 10; 75(4):577-585.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34910141; PMCID: PMC9464065; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1033;
     
  4. Martinez L, Cords O, Liu Q, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bonnet M, Fox GJ, Carvalho ACC, Chan PC, Croda J, Hill PC, Lopez-Varela E, Donkor S, Fielding K, Graham SM, Espinal MA, Kampmann B, Reingold A, Huerga H, Villalba JA, Grandjean L, Sotgiu G, Egere U, Singh S, Zhu L, Lienhardt C, Denholm JT, Seddon JA, Whalen CC, García-Basteiro AL, Triasih R, Chen C, Singh J, Huang LM, Sharma S, Hannoun D, Del Corral H, Mandalakas AM, Malone LL, Ling DL, Kritski A, Stein CM, Vashishtha R, Boulahbal F, Fang CT, Boom WH, Netto EM, Lemos AC, Hesseling AC, Kay A, Jones-López EC, Horsburgh CR, Lange C, Andrews JR. Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Sep; 10(9):e1307-e1316.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35961354; PMCID: PMC10406427; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00283-2;
     
  5. Dhanani M, Goodrich C, Weinberg J, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Barlam TF. Antibiotic therapy completion for injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis at a center with routine addiction medicine consultation: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 05; 22(1):128.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35123439; PMCID: PMC8818134; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07122-x;
     
  6. Sinha P, Carwile M, Bhargava A, Cintron C, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Lakshminarayan S, Liu AF, Kulatilaka N, Locks L, Hochberg NS. How much do Indians pay for tuberculosis treatment? A cost analysis. Public Health Action. 2020 Sep 21; 10(3):110-117.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33134125; PMCID: PMC7577002; DOI: 10.5588/pha.20.0017;
     
  7. Fennelly KP, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Jones-Lopez E, Lindsley WG, Milton DK. Microbial Aerosols: New Diagnostic Specimens for Pulmonary Infections. Chest. 2020 03; 157(3):540-546. PMID: 31678308; PMCID: PMC7062556; DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.012;
     
  8. Acuña-Villaorduña C, Ayakaka I, Schmidt-Castellani LG, Mumbowa F, Marques-Rodrigues P, Gaeddert M, White LF, Palaci M, Ellner JJ, Dietze R, Joloba M, Fennelly KP, Jones-López EC. Host Determinants of Infectiousness in Smear-Positive Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jun; 6(6):ofz184.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31205972; PMCID: PMC6557197; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz184;
     
  9. Acuña-Villaorduña C, Schmidt-Castellani LG, Marques-Rodrigues P, White LF, Hadad DJ, Gaeddert M, Ellner JJ, Fennelly KP, Palaci M, Dietze R, Jones-López EC. Cough-aerosol cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the prediction of outcomes after exposure. A household contact study in Brazil. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0206384.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30372480; PMCID: PMC6205616; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206384;
     
  10. Geadas C, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Mercier G, Kleinman MB, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Jacobson KR. FDG-PET/CT activity leads to the diagnosis of unsuspected TB: a retrospective study. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jul 13; 11(1):464.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30001743; PMCID: PMC6044021; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3564-6;
     
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COVID Vaccine During Pregnancy Protects Babies, Study Shows

Very Well Health 2/24/2022

States Are Lifting Mask Mandates—How to Decide if You Should Still Wear One

Health 2/18/2022

What the CDC's New Outdoor Masking Guidance Means for Travelers

CDT 4/29/2021

The CDC’s new guidance still discourages travel for the vaccinated. Experts disagree on whether it should.

The Washington Post 3/9/2021

7 destinations that are allowing travelers vaccinated for covid-19

The Washington Post 2/10/2021

The argument against vaccine passports is growing

The Washington Post 1/22/2021

The U.S. is requiring covid-19 tests for international entry. Experts say the approach is flawed.

The Washington Post 1/20/2021

Are layovers riskier than long-haul flights during the pandemic? Here’s what doctors say

The Washington Post 12/3/2020

Could a travel bubble between New York and London be on the horizon?

The Washington Post 12/1/2020

2006 Hipolito Unanue National Prize in Medicine
2003 Abeefe Bristol Myers Price in Research in Medicine
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