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Leonardo Martinez, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Epidemiology

PhD, University of Georgia
MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
BA, University of Arizona

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0003-0954-8489

Leo Martinez joined the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University in 2021.

Dr. Martinez uses epidemiological and quantitative approaches to study early-life risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis in high-burden settings, tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-risk populations (e.g., prisoners, persons living with HIV or diabetes), and the relationship between tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases.

Dr. Martinez's lab is currently working with colleagues and collaborators in several countries globally. We believe that collaboration across professional disciplines, backgrounds, and perspectives is the key to solving intractable health issues and the lab welcomes discussions with others working on these same health issues.

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

PROgression of Tuberculosis infECTion in young children living with and without HIV: the PROTECT study
04/01/2023 - 03/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
University of California, Irvine NIH NIAID
5R01AI175312-03

Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilian prisons
01/21/2021 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5K01AI156022-05

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2025	Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilianprisons	5K01AI156022-05
2024	Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilianprisons	5K01AI156022-04
2023	Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilianprisons	5K01AI156022-03
2022	Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilianprisons	5K01AI156022-02
2021	Identifying effective and efficient approaches to tuberculosis screening in Brazilianprisons	1K01AI156022-01

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Wang X, Martinez L, Linde L, Li Q, Wang X, Tang J, Kan X, Yang C, Cheng Q. Associations of exposure to ambient PM2.5 and its major components with pulmonary tuberculosis in central and southwestern China: a spatiotemporal modeling study. BMC Public Health. 2026 Apr 14. PMID: 41981571; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27341-0;

Cai J, Feng Y, Cheng H, Ge Y, Guo Z, Huang H, Li C, Li Y, Ling F, Martinez L, Ma P, Zhong W, Shen Y. Pseudo-time reconstruction for analyzing transmission direction in COVID-19 contact-tracing data. Epidemics. 2026 Apr 09; 55:100914. PMID: 41985381; DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2026.100914;

Han Y, Shi J, Liu Q, Shao Y, Zhu L, Martinez L, Cheng C, Xu B. Identification of discriminative plasma protein biomarkers for recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a pilot data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry-based proteomics study. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 01. PMID: 41922977; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13179-9;

Bastidas-Caldes C, Martinez L, Harries AD. How incarceration can amplify TB: a preventable public health failure in Ecuador. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2026 Mar 27; 30(4):190-191. PMID: 41896721; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.26.0032;

Lu P, Li Z, Tao B, Campbell J, Pedersen OS, Ding X, Pan J, Ding H, Zhu L, Wen J, Liu Q, Wang J, Martinez L. Dynamic, quantitative ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for tuberculosis risk prediction: a large-scale, multi-center, prospective cohort study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2026 Apr; 69:101836.View Related Profiles.

Campbell, Jeffrey
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 41960411; PMCID: PMC13058989; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101836;

Zhou Y, Kan Y, Liu P, Xu H, Ma J, Li H, Yu X, Cai Q, Tian M, Fang Q, Zeng X, Yang G, Yang T, Wang F, Chen B, Martinez L. Adverse drug reactions among children with tuberculosis in China: a multicentre study, 2017-2022. Ann Med. 2026 Dec; 58(1):2645734. PMID: 41877621; DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2026.2645734;

Saavedra-Cervera B, Nguenha D, Chihota V, Yimer G, Fernández-Escobar C, Mngadi K, Brumskine W, Martinson N, Wang SH, Masilela L, Waggie Z, Martínez L, van den Hof S, Charalambous S, Cobelens F, Chaisson R, Grant AD, Fielding K, Churchyard G, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Dynamics of Quantiferon-Gold Plus results in a large TB preventive treatment trial across three high-burden HIV/TB countries. J Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17. PMID: 41843759; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiag165;

Coleman M, Calderwood CJ, Magee S, Underwood F, Kunor T, Timire C, Velen K, MacLean EL, Pai M, Khan PY, Bhargava A, Bhargava M, Martinez L, Kranzer K, Bernays S, Marais BJ. The tuberculogenic environment. Lancet Glob Health. 2026 Mar; 14(3):e444-e454. PMID: 41713446; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00478-4;

Li B, Ke Y, Chen X, Martinez L, Shen Y. Robust COVID-19 Mortality Risk Assessment: Validation of a Two-Step Algorithm From the National COVID Cohort Collaborative. J Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 18; 233(2):351-362. PMID: 40713725; PMCID: PMC13016675; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf393;

Malik AA, Yan P, Belgaumi SM, Martinez L, Shaikh OS, Butt AA. Hepatitis C and risk of tuberculosis amongst United States veterans: a national cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Apr; 56:101405. PMID: 41732702; PMCID: PMC12925595; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101405;

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Nelson KN, Shiiba M, Srinivasan R, Brown TS, Martinez L, Doran C, Biswas S, Raghava V, Sacoor C, Kazi M, Maldonado H, Omer S, Lopman B. Characterizing social behavior relevant for tuberculosis transmission in four low- and middle-income countries. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 14. PMID: 41691160; PMCID: PMC13011289; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-12701-3;

Villalva-Serra K, Barreto-Duarte B, Rodrigues MM, Queiroz ATL, Martinez L, Croda J, Rolla VC, Kritski AL, Cordeiro-Santos M, Sterling TR, Araújo-Pereir M, Andrade BB. Corrigendum to "Impact of strategic public health interventions to reduce tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a Bayesian structural time-series scenario analysis" - The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025; Volume 41: 100963; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100963. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Feb; 54:101381. PMID: 41658953; PMCID: PMC12876628; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101381;

Martinez L, Campbell JI, Linde L, Boulahbal F, Cayla JA, Chakhaia T, Chan PC, Chen C, Fang CT, Fox G, Grandjean L, Hannoun D, Hesseling A, Horsburgh CR, Huang LM, Liu Q, Mazahir R, Lee CH, Lee LN, Bennet R, Nejat S, Gupta A, Das M, Murray M, Huang CC, Del Corral H, Benjumea-Bedoya D, Shen Y, Becerra M, Chang V, Krishnan S, Heinmueller P, Brewer T, Isaakidis P, Hauri AM, Shah L, Trieu L, Seddon JA. The effectiveness of isoniazid preventive treatment among contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Jan 01; 212(1):129-137.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Campbell, Jeffrey
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 40986702; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202411-2340OC;

Adolph C, Mendelsohn SC, Via LE, Martinez L, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Lewinsohn DM, Torrelles JB, Hill PC. The need for interconnected global biorepositories from tuberculosis studies to address fundamental questions at scale. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Feb; 7(2):101279. PMID: 41448216; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101279;

Adolph C, Mendelsohn SC, Via LE, Martinez L, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Lewinsohn DM, Torrelles JB, Hill PC. Global biological sample collections from tuberculosis studies: a scoping review. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Feb; 7(2):101287. PMID: 41448215; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101287;

Barreto-Duarte B, Villalva-Serra K, Miguez-Pinto JP, Araújo-Pereira M, Campos VMS, Ferreira IBB, Nogueira BMF, Queiroz ATL, Rolla VC, Cordeiro-Santos M, Kritski AL, Martinez L, Rebeiro PF, Sterling TR, Rodrigues MM, Andrade BB. Interplay between biological & social vulnerability and poor tuberculosis treatment outcome in Brazil: a nationwide study using multivariate modelling with excess risk. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Jan; 53:101305. PMID: 41399540; PMCID: PMC12702379; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101305;

Sester M, Altet-Gomez N, Andersen ÅB, Arias-Guillén M, Avsar K, Bakken Kran AM, Bothamley G, Nordholm Breschel AC, Brown J, Chesov D, Ciobanu N, Cirillo DM, Crudu V, de Souza Galvao M, Dilektasli AG, Dominguez J, Duarte R, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Goletti D, Hoffmann H, Ibraim E, Kalsdorf B, Krawczyk M, Kunst H, Lange B, Lipman M, Matteelli A, Milkiewicz P, Neyer D, Nitschke M, Oral HB, Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ, Petruccioli E, Raszeja-Wyszomirska J, Ravn P, Rupp J, Spohn HE, Toader C, Villar-Hernandez R, Wagner D, van Leth F, Martinez L, Pedersen OS, Lange C. Correction to Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of the QuantiFERON-TB gold plus assay for tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals: a prospective TBnet study Lancet Reg Health Eur 57 (2025) 101416 LLRHEUROPE-D-25-00310. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025 Dec; 59:101523. PMID: 41399688; PMCID: PMC12702251; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101523;

Li Q, Collender PA, Yu H, Nelson KN, Zelner J, Wang X, Wang X, Tang J, Martinez L, Remais JV, Yang C, Cheng Q. Elevated risk of infectious diseases in adulthood after prenatal or early postnatal exposure to the Great Chinese Famine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Dec 02; 122(48):e2513421122. PMID: 41284860; PMCID: PMC12685027; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2513421122;

Zhu P, Chen X, Pan J, Wang W, Hao X, Xu B, Zhan B, Fang C, Shen Y, Liu K, Qiu X, Wang W, Chen B, Jiang J, Martínez L. Prognostic value of an abnormal chest X-ray result in predicting the development of tuberculosis. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 10; 16(1):9866. PMID: 41213917; PMCID: PMC12603200; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64834-9;

Liu Q, Wang W, Nelson K, Wang Z, Khan P, Li Z, Fox MP, Robert Horsburgh C, Brooks M, Zhu L, Wang J, Lu W, Martinez L. Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in China during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020-2021) compared with the pre-pandemic period (2017-2019). Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 06; 16(1):9807. PMID: 41198685; PMCID: PMC12592376; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64782-4;

Nelson KN, Shiiba M, Srinivasan R, Brown TS, Martinez L, Doran C, Biswas S, Raghava V, Sacoor C, Kazi M, Maldonado H, Omer S, Lopman B. Characterizing social behavior relevant for tuberculosis transmission in four low- and middle-income countries. medRxiv. 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41282882; PMCID: PMC12636627; DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.27.25338900;

Saunders MJ, Sinha P, Cegielski JP, Clark RA, Seddon JA, Martinez L, Bhargava M, Bhargava A, White RG, Houben RMGJ, McQuaid CF. Tuberculosis and undernutrition: improving estimates to reinforce the policy imperative. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Dec; 25(12):1270-1272.View Related Profiles.

Martinez, Leonardo
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 41167206; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00626-7;

Ning J, Lu P, Pan Y, Lian Y, Zhang Y, Jiang W, Martinez L, Zhu L, Liu Q. The Impact of Body Mass Index on Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Combined Assessment in People Living with HIV. Pathogens. 2025 Oct 23; 14(11). PMID: 41305316; PMCID: PMC12655615; DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14111078;

Ning J, Wang R, Pan Y, Fei X, Jiang W, Martinez L, Zhu L, Qin Z, Liu Q. Impact of tuberculosis on median survival time and years of potential life lost in patients: A scoping review. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2025 Dec; 41:100568. PMID: 41146646; PMCID: PMC12554181; DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2025.100568;

Ge Y, Zahid A, Kuchur R, Martinez L, Wang B, Zhang L, Aras S, Raynee P, Dike A, Navarro C, Lawrick C, Greer T, Twum F, Shen Y, Gipson J, Lemacks J. Using machine learning models to predict vaccine hesitancy: a showcase of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural populations during the pandemic. Vaccine. 2025 Nov 14; 66:127799. PMID: 41075400; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127799;

Fei X, Wang S, Wang Z, Hu X, Chen C, Zhu L, Martinez L, Tang P, Liu Q. Diagnostic accuracy of the ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for latent tuberculosis infection among jail detainees. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Oct 07; 13(10):e0150025. PMID: 40960282; PMCID: PMC12688083; DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01500-25;

Menzies NA, Brown TS, Imai-Eaton JW, Dodd PJ, Cohen T, Martinez L. Potential paediatric tuberculosis incidence and deaths resulting from interruption in programmes supported by international health aid, 2025-34: a mathematical modelling study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Nov; 9(11):787-795.View Related Profiles.

Martinez, Leonardo
Brown , Tyler

PMID: 40953585; DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00218-4;

Malik AA, Martinez L. Achieving optimal uptake of TB preventive treatment for rifampin-resistant and/or multidrug-resistant TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 Aug 29; 29(9):387-389. PMID: 40883889; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.25.0280;

Seddon JA, Martinez L. Patient-centred approaches for drug-resistant tuberculosis - Authors' reply. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Oct; 25(10):e543. PMID: 40789302; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00474-8;

Sester M, Altet-Gomez N, Andersen ÅB, Arias-Guillén M, Avsar K, Bakken Kran AM, Bothamley G, Nordholm Breschel AC, Brown J, Chesov D, Ciobanu N, Cirillo DM, Crudu V, de Souza Galvao M, Dilektasli AG, Dominguez J, Duarte R, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Goletti D, Hoffmann H, Ibraim E, Kalsdorf B, Krawczyk M, Kunst H, Lange B, Lipman M, Matteelli A, Milkiewicz P, Neyer D, Nitschke M, Oral HB, Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ, Petruccioli E, Raszeja-Wyszomirska J, Ravn P, Rupp J, Spohn HE, Toader C, Villar-Hernandez R, Wagner D, van Leth F, Martinez L, Pedersen OS, Lange C. Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of the QuantiFERON-TB gold plus assay for tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals: a prospective TBnet study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025 Oct; 57:101416. PMID: 40823191; PMCID: PMC12355092; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101416;

Chen Z, Tian Y, Liu J, Ran J, Sun S, Zhao S, Ge Y, Martinez L, Chen X, Cao P. COVID-19 and sepsis-related excess mortality in the United States during the first 3 years: a national-wide time-series study. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 05; 194(8):2219-2229. PMID: 39479803; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae411;

Jaswal MR, Martinez L, Brooks M, Farooq S, Safdar N, Shah JA, Islam Z, Nasir K, Fareed U, Manzar S, Maniar R, Siddiqui S, Khowaja S, Khan AJ, Hussain H, Malik AA. Tuberculosis-Preventive Treatment for Household Contacts at Health Facility and Community Settings in Pakistan. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 80(6):1290-1292.View Related Profiles.

Martinez, Leonardo
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 40036384

Chen Y, Luo F, Martinez L, Jiang S, Shen Y. Identifying key aspects to enhance predictive modeling for early identification of schistosomiasis hotspots to guide mass drug administration. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jul; 19(7):e0013315. PMID: 40668876; PMCID: PMC12279088; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013315;

Horsburgh CR, E Jenkins H, Martinez L, White LF. Data-driven targets for reducing the global burden of TB. IJTLD Open. 2025 Jun; 2(6):352-358.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Jenkins, Helen
White, Laura
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 40530384; PMCID: PMC12168725; DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.25.0014;

Seddon JA, Achar J, Malik AA, Hughes J, Burzynski J, Chen C, Denholm JT, Dravniece G, Fox GJ, Furin J, Geliukh E, Goncharova O, Guglielmetti L, Harries AD, Hesseling AC, Nguyen BH, Kavenga F, Khan U, Kherabi Y, Kiria N, Kock Y, Liu Q, Mesic A, Moore DAJ, Mubanga A, Naidoo L, Nilsen D, Piubello A, Reuter A, Rich ML, Satyanarayana S, Schaaf HS, Schoeman I, Skrahina A, Udwadia Z, Khan PY, Esmail H, Martinez L. Management of individuals exposed to multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Dec; 25(12):e692-e704. PMID: 41036784; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00157-4;

Cobelens F, Pelzer PT, Churchyard GJ, Garcia-Basteiro A, Hatherill M, Hill PC, Martinez L, White RG. Sample size efficiency of restricting participation in tuberculosis vaccine trials to interferon-gamma release assay-positive participants. Vaccine. 2025 Aug 13; 61:127301. PMID: 40450848; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127301;

Venkatesan N, Faust L, Lobo R, Enkh-Amgalan H, Kunor T, Sifumba Z, Rane S, O'Brien K, Kumar B, Maimbolwa CN, Mayta M, Patel H, Huong LM, Heitkamp P, Huddart S, Romanowski K, Hiebert M, Zimmer AJ, MacLean EL, Caceres-Cardenas G, Villa Castillo L, Black J, Batchu M, Tschampl CA, Rea E, Campbell T, Heffernan C, Long R, Raithby L, Daftary A, Chorna Y, Zheng A, Martinez L, Kulkarni S, Denkinger CM, Castro MDM, Sulis G, Furin J, McKenna L, Frick M, Nathavitharana RR, Oga-Omenka C, Ananthakrishnan R, Malar J, Ugarte-Gil C, Vandevelde W, Kerkhoff AD, Winarni P, Fox G, Nguyen TA, Teo AKJ, Yapa HM, Pham NY, Ratnasingham A, Bernays S, Trinh HD, Khan U, Alvarez GG, Deluca A, Nash M, Rucsineanu O, Vasiliu A, Stillo J, Nahid P, Pai M, Johnston J, Harries AD, Golub JE. Fighting tuberculosis hand in hand: A call to engage communities affected by TB as essential partners in research. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(4):e0004437. PMID: 40202965; PMCID: PMC11981221; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004437;

Zheng A, Faust L, Harries AD, Avedillo P, Akodu M, Galvan M, Barreto-Duarte B, Andrade BB, Ugarte-Gil C, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Espinal M, Warren JL, Martinez L. Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data. Lancet Public Health. 2025 Apr; 10(4):e285-e294. PMID: 40175010; PMCID: PMC11962358; DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00325-6;

Zhang S, Xu Z, Wang Z, Fei X, Li Z, Zhu L, Martinez L, Wang J, Liu Q. Changes in gut microbiome following anti-tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort from eastern China. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 01; 25(1):453. PMID: 40169991; PMCID: PMC11963514; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10800-1;

Ehrlich J, Suñer C, Churchyard G, Cobelens F, Hatherill M, Mendelsohn SC, Nelson KN, Scriba T, Theron G, Martinez L, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Unveiling a hidden phenotype of early tuberculosis. Lancet Respir Med. 2025 May; 13(5):385-387. PMID: 40147469; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00092-X;

Lu P, Martinez L, Xue H, Liu Q, Ding X, Pan J, Ding H, Lu W, Zhu L, Wang J. Comparative evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube plus for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among adolescents in China. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 25; 25(1):778. PMID: 40001083; PMCID: PMC11863680; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21954-7;

Wang J, Yu L, Yang Z, Shen P, Sun Y, Shui L, Tang M, Jin M, Chen B, Ge Y, Lin H, Shen Y, Chen K, Martinez L. Development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after a tuberculosis episode in a large, population-based cohort from Eastern China. Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 16; 54(2). PMID: 39993264; PMCID: PMC11849956; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyae174;

Chen C, Xue H, Horsburgh CR, Amour M, Hatherill M, Tameris M, von Reyn CF, Rees C, Shen Y, McShane H, García-Basteiro AL, Liu D, Wang Y, Nathavitharana RR, Graviss EA, Shao Y, Liu Q, Lu W, Zhu L, Martinez L. Trajectories of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Results Over 2 Years in Independent Cohorts From China, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States. Chest. 2025 Jul; 168(1):33-42.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 39909102; PMCID: PMC12264344; DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.01.031;

Chen Z, Jia P, Xie D, Xie J, Liu J, Cao W, Han L, Ran J, Sun S, Zhao S, Ge Y, Martinez L, Chen X, Cao P. Kidney failure-related excess mortality during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: a nation-wide, population-based analysis. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):210. PMID: 39833787; PMCID: PMC11745008; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21422-2;

du Preez K, Jenkins HE, Martinez L, Chiang SS, Dlamini SS, Dolynska M, Aleksandrin A, Kobe J, Graham SM, Hesseling AC, Starke JR, Seddon JA, Dodd PJ. Global burden of tuberculous meningitis in children aged 0-14 years in 2019: a mathematical modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Jan; 13(1):e59-e68.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 39706662; PMCID: PMC11729397; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00383-8;

Pelzer PT, Stuck L, Martinez L, Richards AS, Acuña-Villaorduña C, Aronson NE, Bonnet M, Carvalho AC, Chan PC, Huang LM, Fang CT, Churchyard G, Corral-Londoño HD, Datta M, Espinal MA, Fielding K, Fiore-Gartland AJ, Garcia-Basteiro A, Hanekom W, Hatherill M, Hill PC, Huerga H, Jones-López EC, Kritski A, Mandalakas AM, Mangtani P, Martins Netto E, Mayanja H, Mazahir R, Murray M, Rangaka M, Scriba T, Singh J, Singh S, Stein CM, Vekemans J, Verhagen LM, Villalba JA, Wajja A, Watson B, White RG, Cobelens FGJ. Effectiveness of the primary Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine against the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Feb; 6(2):100961. PMID: 39709975; PMCID: PMC12778190; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.100961;

Hesseling AC, Purchase SE, Martinson NA, Fairlie L, Schaaf HS, Brigden J, Staples S, Gibb DM, Garcia-Prats A, Conradie F, McGowan C, Layton C, Batist E, Demers AM, Nyamathe S, Frigati L, Turner R, Duong T, Seddon JA. Levofloxacin Preventive Treatment in Children Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2024 Dec 19; 391(24):2315-2326. PMID: 39693542; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2314318;

Duong T, Brigden J, Simon Schaaf H, Garden F, Marais BJ, Anh Nguyen T, White IR, Gibb DM, Nhung NV, Martinson NA, Fairlie L, Martinez L, Layton C, Benedetti A, Marks GB, Turner RM, Seddon JA, Hesseling AC, Fox GJ. A Meta-Analysis of Levofloxacin for Contacts of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. NEJM Evid. 2025 Jan; 4(1):EVIDoa2400190. PMID: 39693627; DOI: 10.1056/EVIDoa2400190;

Villalva-Serra K, Barreto-Duarte B, Rodrigues MM, Queiroz ATL, Martinez L, Croda J, Rolla VC, Kritski AL, Cordeiro-Santos M, Sterling TR, Araújo-Pereira M, Andrade BB. Impact of strategic public health interventions to reduce tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a Bayesian structural time-series scenario analysis. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Jan; 41:100963. PMID: 39759249; PMCID: PMC11697790; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100963;

Castellanos ME, Zalwango S, Quach THT, Kakaire R, Martínez L, Ebell MH, Dobbin KK, Kiwanuka N, Whalen CC. Performance of a score to characterise adequate contact among the social network of persons with TB. IJTLD Open. 2024 Dec; 1(12):556-563. PMID: 39679211; PMCID: PMC11636496; DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0376;

Menezes RC, Ferreira IBB, Martinez L, Andrade BB. Bridging the gap: a pragmatic approach to planetary health. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1491457. PMID: 39664539; PMCID: PMC11631941; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1491457;

da Costa FBP, Nicol MP, Botha M, Workman L, Arcêncio RA, Zar HJ, Martinez L. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease in the first decade of life: a South African birth cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Dec; 8(12):891-899. PMID: 39515364; PMCID: PMC11579303; DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00256-6;

Uthman OA, Lyngse FP, Anjorin S, Hauer B, Hakki S, Martinez DA, Ge Y, Jonnerby J, Julin CH, Lin G, Lalvani A, Loss J, Madon KJ, Martinez L, Næss LM, Page KR, Prieto D, Robertson AH, Shen Y, Wurm J, Buchholz U. Susceptibility and infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 in children versus adults, by variant (wild-type, alpha, delta): A systematic review and meta-analysis of household contact studies. PLoS One. 2024; 19(9):e0306740. PMID: 39240908; PMCID: PMC11379298; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306740;

Li Z, Liu Q, Chen L, Zhou L, Qi W, Wang C, Zhang Y, Tao B, Zhu L, Martinez L, Lu W, Wang J. Ambient air pollution contributed to pulmonary tuberculosis in China. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024 Dec; 13(1):2399275. PMID: 39206812; PMCID: PMC11378674; DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2399275;

Darboe F, Reijneveld JF, Maison DP, Martinez L, Suliman S. Unmasking the hidden impact of viruses on tuberculosis risk. Trends Immunol. 2024 Sep; 45(9):649-661. PMID: 39181733; PMCID: PMC11769684; DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2024.07.008;

Denholm JT, Coussens A, Houben RMGJ, Horton KC, Wong EB, Kendall EA, Martinez L, Musvosi M, Zaidi SMA. The International Consensus for Early TB framework (ICE-TB): Implications from a low-incidence setting. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Aug 01; 28(8):381-386. PMID: 39049167; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0081;

Barreto-Duarte B, Villalva-Serra K, Miguez-Pinto JP, Araújo-Pereira M, Campos VMS, Rosier G, Nogueira BMF, Queiroz ATL, Rolla VC, Cordeiro-Santos M, Kritski AL, Martinez L, Rebeiro PF, Sterling TR, Rodrigues MM, Andrade BB. Retreatment and Anti-tuberculosis Therapy Outcomes in Brazil Between 2015 and 2022: A Nationwide Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Aug; 11(8):ofae416. PMID: 39100532; PMCID: PMC11297487; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae416;

Pivetta de Araujo RC, Martinez L, da Silva Santos A, Ferreira Lemos E, Dias de Oliveira R, Croda M, Porto Batestin Silva D, Lemes IBG, Cunha EAT, Gonçalves TO, Pereira Dos Santos PC, Oliveira da Silva B, Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves C, Andrews J, Croda J. Serial Mass Screening for Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Persons in Brazil. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 14; 78(6):1669-1676. PMID: 38324908; PMCID: PMC11175667; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae055;

Chen K, Cheng L, Yu H, Zhou Y, Zhu L, Li Z, Li T, Martinez L, Liu Q, Wang B. Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in eastern China from 2011 to 2021. Epidemiol Infect. 2024 May 15; 152:e84. PMID: 38745412; PMCID: PMC11149027; DOI: 10.1017/S0950268824000785;

Martinez L, Seddon JA, Horsburgh CR, Lange C, Mandalakas AM. Effectiveness of preventive treatment among different age groups and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection status: a systematic review and individual-participant data meta-analysis of contact tracing studies. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Aug; 12(8):633-641.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 38734022; PMCID: PMC12061052; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00083-3;

Wang W, Liu A, Liu X, You N, Wang Z, Chen C, Zhu L, Martinez L, Lu W, Liu Q. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in School Contacts of Tuberculosis Cases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jun 05; 110(6):1253-1260. PMID: 38653232; PMCID: PMC11154035; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0038;

Urschel R, Bronder S, Klemis V, Marx S, Hielscher F, Abu-Omar A, Guckelmus C, Schneitler S, Baum C, Becker SL, Gärtner BC, Sester U, Martinez L, Widera M, Schmidt T, Sester M. SARS-CoV-2-specific cellular and humoral immunity after bivalent BA.4/5 COVID-19-vaccination in previously infected and non-infected individuals. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 09; 15(1):3077. PMID: 38594497; PMCID: PMC11004149; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47429-8;

Faust L, Caceres-Cardenas G, Martinez L, Huddart S, Vidal JR, Corilloclla-Torres R, Ayllon MC, Benedetti A, Pai M, Ugarte-Gil C. Tuberculosis case notifications and outcomes in Peruvian prisons prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national-level interrupted time series analysis. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 May; 33:100723. PMID: 38800646; PMCID: PMC11117008; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100723;

Garcia-Basteiro AL, Ehrlich J, Bonnet M, Calnan M, Graham SM, Hermans S, Jarrett A, Lewa R, Mandalakas A, Martinez L, Migliori GB, Ong CWM, Otero L, Rangaka MX, Raviglione MCB, Seaworth B, Ssengooba W, Theron G, Trajman A, Behr MA. A Global Tuberculosis Dictionary: unified terms and definitions for the field of tuberculosis. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 May; 12(5):e737-e739. PMID: 38527468; PMCID: PMC11460053; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00083-4;

Coussens AK, Zaidi SMA, Allwood BW, Dewan PK, Gray G, Kohli M, Kredo T, Marais BJ, Marks GB, Martinez L, Ruhwald M, Scriba TJ, Seddon JA, Tisile P, Warner DF, Wilkinson RJ, Esmail H, Houben RMGJ. Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Jun; 12(6):484-498. PMID: 38527485; PMCID: PMC7616323; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00028-6;

Hill PC, Cobelens F, Martinez L, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Behr MA, Rangaka MX, Churchyard G, Evans T, Hanekom W, White RG. Reply to McShane. J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 14; 229(2):616. PMID: 37897697; PMCID: PMC12102461; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad466;

Luo D, Wang L, Zhang M, Martinez L, Chen S, Zhang Y, Wang W, Wu Q, Wu Y, Liu K, Xie B, Chen B. Spatial spillover effect of environmental factors on the tuberculosis occurrence among the elderly: a surveillance analysis for nearly a dozen years in eastern China. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 17; 24(1):209. PMID: 38233763; PMCID: PMC10795419; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17644-5;

Sequera G, Estigarribia-Sanabria G, Aguirre S, Piñanez C, Martinez L, Lopez-Olarte R, Andrews JR, Walter KS, Croda J, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Excess tuberculosis risk during and following incarceration in Paraguay: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Mar; 31:100668. PMID: 38500958; PMCID: PMC10945421; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100668;

Linde L, Brooks MB, Martinez L. Beyond Diagnosis: Xpert Cycle Threshold Values as Predictors of Tuberculosis Transmission. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 03.View Related Profiles.

Martinez, Leonardo
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 38170190; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad791;

Brough J, Martinez L, Hatherill M, Zar HJ, Lo NC, Andrews JR. Public Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Active Tuberculosis Disease or Infection Among Children in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 30; 77(11):1544-1551. PMID: 37542465; PMCID: PMC10686943; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad449;

Hu Z, Liu K, Zhou M, Jiang X, Feng Y, Yu Z, Li Y, Chen S, Wu Q, Wang W, Horsburgh CR, Zhang Y, Zhou L, Chen B, Hu C, Martinez L. Mass Tuberculosis Screening Among the Elderly: A Population-Based Study in a Well-Confined, Rural County in Eastern China. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 17; 77(10):1468-1475.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 37506258; PMCID: PMC10654880; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad438;

Liu Q, Ji Y, Wang L, Li Z, Tao B, Zhu L, Lu W, Martinez L, Zeng Y, Wang J. Air pollutants in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and pulmonary tuberculosis: A mediation analysis of gene-specific methylation. iScience. 2023 Dec 15; 26(12):108391. PMID: 38047067; PMCID: PMC10690542; DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108391;

Köhler N, Vasiliu A, Mandalakas AM, Martinez L, Lange C. Tuberculosis screening in migrants to the EU/EEA and UK. Eur Respir J. 2023 Nov; 62(5). PMID: 37918879; PMCID: PMC11851637; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01230-2023;

Hill PC, Cobelens F, Martinez L, Behr MA, Churchyard G, Evans T, Fiore-Gartland AJ, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Hanekom W, Rangaka MX, Vekemans J, White RG. An Aspiration to Radically Shorten Phase 3 Tuberculosis Vaccine Trials. J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 02; 228(9):1150-1153. PMID: 37607272; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad356;

Vasiliu A, Martinez L, Gupta RK, Hamada Y, Ness T, Kay A, Bonnet M, Sester M, Kaufmann SHE, Lange C, Mandalakas AM. Tuberculosis prevention: current strategies and future directions. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Sep; 30(9):1123-1130. PMID: 37918510; PMCID: PMC11524220; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.10.023;

Liu Y, Sun R, Zhang H, Huang J, Chen M, Zhan Y, Xiang J, Yuan J, Zou H, Martinez L, Yang C. Trends and predictions of tuberculosis notification in mainland China during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. J Infect. 2023 Dec; 87(6):e100-e103. PMID: 38251471; DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.10.013;

Vasiliu A, Köhler N, Altpeter E, Ægisdóttir TR, Amerali M, de Oñate WA, Bakos Á, D'Amato S, Cirillo DM, van Crevel R, Davidaviciene E, Demuth I, Domínguez J, Duarte R, Günther G, Guthmann JP, Hatzianastasiou S, Holm LH, Herrador Z, Hribar U, Huberty C, Ibraim E, Jackson S, Jensenius M, Josefsdottir KS, Koch A, Korzeniewska-Kosela M, Kuksa L, Kunst H, Lienhardt C, Mahler B, Makek MJ, Muylle I, Normark J, Pace-Asciak A, Petrovic G, Pieridou D, Russo G, Rzhepishevska O, Salzer HJF, Marques MS, Schmid D, Solovic I, Sukholytka M, Svetina P, Tyufekchieva M, Vasankari T, Viiklepp P, Villand K, Wallenfels J, Wesolowski S, Mandalakas AM, Martinez L, Zenner D, Lange C. Tuberculosis incidence in foreign-born people residing in European countries in 2020. Euro Surveill. 2023 Oct; 28(42). PMID: 37855907; PMCID: PMC10588305; DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.42.2300051;

Martinez L, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Targeting vulnerable populations for tuberculosis: does one size fit all? Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Dec; 23(12):1332-1333. PMID: 37696279; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00429-2;

He Y, Martinez L, Ge Y, Feng Y, Chen Y, Tan J, Westbrook A, Li C, Cheng W, Ling F, Cheng H, Wu S, Zhong W, Handel A, Huang H, Sun J, Shen Y. Social Mixing and Network Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Before and After Widespread Interventions: A Population-based Study. Epidemiol Infect. 2023 Aug 14; 151:1-38.View Related Profiles.

Cheng, Huimin
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 37577939; PMCID: PMC10540215; DOI: 10.1017/S0950268823001292;

Bobak CA, Botha M, Workman L, Hill JE, Nicol MP, Holloway JW, Stein DJ, Martinez L, Zar HJ. Gene Expression in Cord Blood and Tuberculosis in Early Childhood: A Nested Case-Control Study in a South African Birth Cohort. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 14; 77(3):438-449. PMID: 37144357; PMCID: PMC10425199; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad268;

Liu Q, You N, Wen J, Wang J, Ge Y, Shen Y, Ding X, Lu P, Chen C, Zhu B, Zhu L, Lu W, Martinez L. Yield and Efficiency of a Population-Based Mass Tuberculosis Screening Intervention Among Persons With Diabetes in Jiangsu Province, China. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 05; 77(1):103-111. PMID: 36869807; PMCID: PMC10320136; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad118;

Martinez L, Warren JL, Harries AD, Croda J, Espinal MA, Olarte RAL, Avedillo P, Lienhardt C, Bhatia V, Liu Q, Chakaya J, Denholm JT, Lin Y, Kawatsu L, Zhu L, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T, Andrews JR. Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence and case detection among incarcerated individuals from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2023 Jul; 8(7):e511-e519. PMID: 37393090; PMCID: PMC10323309; DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00097-X;

Chen C, Martinez L, Xu B. Editorial: Factors for the progression from latent tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023; 13:1225259. PMID: 37457956; PMCID: PMC10344354; DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1225259;

Martinez L, Zar HJ. Reply to: Intervening on Social Determinants for Better Outcomes in Pediatric Tuberculosis Management. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun 15; 207(12):1646-1647. PMID: 37075313; PMCID: PMC10273120; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202304-0629LE;

Nelson KN, Churchyard G, Cobelens F, Hanekom WA, Hill PC, Lopman B, Mave V, Rangaka MX, Vekemans J, White RG, Wong EB, Martinez L, García-Basteiro AL. Measuring indirect transmission-reducing effects in tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials: why and how? Lancet Microbe. 2023 Aug; 4(8):e651-e656. PMID: 37329893; PMCID: PMC10393779; DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00112-X;

Martinez L, Gray DM, Botha M, Nel M, Chaya S, Jacobs C, Workman L, Nicol MP, Zar HJ. The Long-Term Impact of Early-Life Tuberculosis Disease on Child Health: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Apr 15; 207(8):1080-1088. PMID: 36746196; PMCID: PMC10112440; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202208-1543OC;

Lu P, Wu K, Zhou H, Yu H, Yuan J, Dong L, Liu Q, Ding X, Lu W, Yang H, Zhu L, Martinez L. Evaluation of ESAT6-CFP10 Skin Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Persons Living with HIV in China. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Apr 20; 61(4):e0181622. PMID: 36946732; PMCID: PMC10117090; DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01816-22;

Liu Q, Wang Z, Lu J, Li Z, Martinez L, Tao B, Wang C, Zhu L, Lu W, Zhu B, Pei X, Mao X. Effects of short-term PM2.5 exposure on blood lipids among 197,957 people in eastern China. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 18; 13(1):4505. PMID: 36934119; PMCID: PMC10024762; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31513-y;

Chen C, Hu X, Shao Y, Song H, Li G, Lu W, Martinez L, Xu J, Zhu L. The association between diabetes status and latent-TB IGRA levels from a cross-sectional study in eastern China. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022; 12:1057298. PMID: 36726641; PMCID: PMC9884689; DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1057298;

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.

Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 36636295; PMCID: PMC9829704; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101815;

Tan J, Shen Y, Ge Y, Martinez L, Huang H. Age-related model for estimating the symptomatic and asymptomatic transmissibility of COVID-19 patients. Biometrics. 2023 Sep; 79(3):2525-2536. PMID: 36517992; PMCID: PMC9877699; DOI: 10.1111/biom.13814;

Restrepo BI, Scordo JM, Aguillón-Durán GP, Ayala D, Quirino-Cerrillo AP, Loera-Salazar R, Cruz-González A, Caso JA, Joya-Ayala M, García-Oropesa EM, Salinas AB, Martinez L, Schlesinger LS, Torrelles JB, Turner J. Differential Role of Type 2 Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Tuberculosis in the Elderly versus Younger Adults. Pathogens. 2022 Dec 16; 11(12). PMID: 36558885; PMCID: PMC9784720; DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121551;

Coleman M, Martinez L, Theron G, Wood R, Marais B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in High-Incidence Settings-New Paradigms and Insights. Pathogens. 2022 Oct 25; 11(11). PMID: 36364978; PMCID: PMC9695830; DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11111228;

Tan J, Ge Y, Martinez L, Sun J, Li C, Westbrook A, Chen E, Pan J, Li Y, Cheng W, Ling F, Chen Z, Shen Y, Huang H. Transmission roles of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases: a modelling study. Epidemiol Infect. 2022 Sep 27; 150:e171. PMID: 36263615; PMCID: PMC9588416; DOI: 10.1017/S0950268822001467;

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.

Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Martinez, Leonardo

PMID: 35961354; PMCID: PMC10406427; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00283-2;

Wu J, Zhu L, Yu J, Liu Q, Ding X, Lu P, Wu Y, Sun J, Martinez L, Lu W, Wang J. A university-clustered tuberculosis outbreak during the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern China. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:978159. PMID: 36081471; PMCID: PMC9445570; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.978159;

Dos Santos PCP, da Silva Santos A, de Oliveira RD, da Silva BO, Soares TR, Martinez L, Verma R, Andrews JR, Croda J. Pooling Sputum Samples for Efficient Mass Tuberculosis Screening in Prisons. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 06; 74(12):2115-2121. PMID: 34718459; PMCID: PMC9258923; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab847;

Liu Q, Qiu B, Li G, Yang T, Tao B, Martinez L, Zhu L, Wang J, Mao X, Lu W. Tuberculosis reinfection and relapse in eastern China: a prospective study using whole-genome sequencing. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Nov; 28(11):1458-1464. PMID: 35700940; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.05.019;

Martinez L, Ncayiyana JR, Goddard E, Botha M, Workman L, Burd T, Myer L, Nicol MP, Zar HJ. Vitamin D Concentrations in Infancy and the Risk of Tuberculosis Disease in Childhood: A Prospective Birth Cohort in Cape Town, South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 10; 74(11):2036-2043. PMID: 34436538; PMCID: PMC9187320; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab735;

Li Y, Kong Y, Ebell MH, Martinez L, Cai X, Lennon RP, Tarn DM, Mainous AG, Zgierska AE, Barrett B, Tuan WJ, Maloy K, Goyal M, Krist AH, Gal TS, Sung MH, Li C, Jin Y, Shen Y. Development and Validation of a Two-Step Predictive Risk Stratification Model for Coronavirus Disease 2019 In-hospital Mortality: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022; 9:827261. PMID: 35463024; PMCID: PMC9021426; DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.827261;

Xu M, Lu W, Li T, Li J, Du W, Wu Q, Liu Q, Yuan B, Lu J, Ding X, Li F, Liu M, Chen B, Pu J, Zhang R, Xi X, Zhou R, Mei Z, Du R, Tao L, Martinez L, Lu S, Wang G, Zhu F. Sensitivity, Specificity, and Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 Skin Test for Tuberculosis Infection in China: 2 Randomized, Self-Controlled, Parallel-Group Phase 2b Trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 03 01; 74(4):668-677. PMID: 34021314; PMCID: PMC8886919; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab472;

Fennelly KP, Martinez L, Mandalakas AM. Tuberculosis: First in Flight. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 02 01; 205(3):272-274. PMID: 34905703; PMCID: PMC8886999; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202111-2513ED;

Martinez L, Nicol MP, Wedderburn CJ, Stadler A, Botha M, Workman L, le Roux DM, Zar HJ. Cytomegalovirus acquisition in infancy and the risk of tuberculosis disease in childhood: a longitudinal birth cohort study in Cape Town, South Africa. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 12; 9(12):e1740-e1749. PMID: 34798032; PMCID: PMC8609281; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00407-1;

Martinez L, Andrews JR. Identifying Priorities for Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 11 02; 73(9):e3483-e3485. PMID: 32588882; PMCID: PMC8563178; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa850;

Martinez L, Woldu H, Chen C, Hallowell BD, Castellanos ME, Lu P, Liu Q, Whalen CC, Zhu L. Transmission Dynamics in Tuberculosis Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 32 Observational Studies. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 11 02; 73(9):e3446-e3455. PMID: 32770236; PMCID: PMC8563187; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1146;

Ge Y, Martinez L, Sun S, Chen Z, Zhang F, Li F, Sun W, Chen E, Pan J, Li C, Sun J, Handel A, Ling F, Shen Y. COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics Among Close Contacts of Index Patients With COVID-19: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Zhejiang Province, China. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 10 01; 181(10):1343-1350.View Related Profiles.

Martinez, Leonardo
Sun, Shengzhi

PMID: 34424260; PMCID: PMC8383161; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4686;

Liu Q, Lu P, Shen Y, Li C, Wang J, Zhu L, Lu W, Martinez L. Collateral Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control in Jiangsu Province, China. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 08 02; 73(3):542-544. PMID: 32857838; PMCID: PMC7499510; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1289;

Liu Q, You N, Pan H, Shen Y, Lu P, Wang J, Lu W, Zhu L, Martinez L. Glycemic Trajectories and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis: A Prospective Study in Eastern China. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 08 01; 204(3):347-356. PMID: 33705666

Fung HF, Martinez L, Alarid-Escudero F, Salomon JA, Studdert DM, Andrews JR, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD. The Household Secondary Attack Rate of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A Rapid Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 07 30; 73(Suppl 2):S138-S145. PMID: 33045075; PMCID: PMC7665336; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1558;

Ge Y, Chen Z, Handel A, Martinez L, Xiao Q, Li C, Chen E, Pan J, Li Y, Ling F, Shen Y. The impact of social distancing, contact tracing, and case isolation interventions to suppress the COVID-19 epidemic: A modeling study. Epidemics. 2021 09; 36:100483. PMID: 34284227; PMCID: PMC8275486; DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100483;

Harries AD, Martinez L, Chakaya JM. Reply to: Climate change and TB: the soil and seed conceptual framework. Public Health Action. 2021 Jun 21; 11(2):109. PMID: 34159073; PMCID: PMC8202629; DOI: 10.5588/pha.21.0032;

Lu P, Liu Q, Zhou Y, Martinez L, Kong W, Ding X, Peng H, Zhu T, Zhu L, Lu W. Predictors of Discordant Tuberculin Skin Test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube Results in Eastern China: A Population-based, Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 01; 72(11):2006-2015. PMID: 32369577; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa519;

You N, Pan H, Zeng Y, Lu P, Zhu L, Lu W, Liu Q, Martinez L. A risk score for prediction of poor treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients with diagnosed diabetes mellitus from eastern China. Sci Rep. 2021 05 27; 11(1):11219. PMID: 34045573; PMCID: PMC8160203; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90664-y;

Ncayiyana JR, Martinez L, Goddard E, Myer L, Zar HJ. Prevalence and Correlates of Vitamin D Deficiency among Young South African Infants: A Birth Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 29; 13(5). PMID: 33946851; PMCID: PMC8146842; DOI: 10.3390/nu13051500;

Mandalakas AM, Hesseling AC, Kay A, Du Preez K, Martinez L, Ronge L, DiNardo A, Lange C, Kirchner HL. Tuberculosis prevention in children: a prospective community-based study in South Africa. Eur Respir J. 2021 04; 57(4). PMID: 33122339; PMCID: PMC8060782; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03028-2020;

Walter KS, Martinez L, Arakaki-Sanchez D, Sequera VG, Estigarribia Sanabria G, Cohen T, Ko AI, García-Basteiro AL, Rueda ZV, López-Olarte RA, Espinal MA, Croda J, Andrews JR. The escalating tuberculosis crisis in central and South American prisons. Lancet. 2021 04 24; 397(10284):1591-1596. PMID: 33838724; PMCID: PMC9393884; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32578-2;

Cords O, Martinez L, Warren JL, O'Marr JM, Walter KS, Cohen T, Zheng J, Ko AI, Croda J, Andrews JR. Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2021 05; 6(5):e300-e308. PMID: 33765455; PMCID: PMC8168455; DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00025-6;

Harries AD, Martinez L, Chakaya JM. Tackling climate change: measuring the carbon footprint of preventing, diagnosing and treating TB. Public Health Action. 2021 Mar 21; 11(1):40. PMID: 33777720; PMCID: PMC7987244; DOI: 10.5588/pha.20.0076;

Gao JT, Du J, Wu GH, Pei Y, Gao MQ, Martinez L, Fan L, Chen W, Xie L, Chen Y, Wang H, Jin L, Li GB, Zong PL, Xiong Y, Wu QH, Li MW, Yan XF, Miao YF, Cai QS, Li XJ, Bai DP, Geng SJ, Yang GL, Tang PJ, Zeng Y, Chen XH, Li TX, Cai C, Zhou Y, Zhuo M, Wang JY, Guan WL, Xu L, Shi JC, Shu W, Cheng LL, Teng F, Ning YJ, Xie SH, Sun YX, Zhang LJ, Liu YH. Bedaquiline-containing regimens in patients with pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in China: focus on the safety. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021 Mar 19; 10(1):32. PMID: 33736710; PMCID: PMC7977294; DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00819-2;

Ranzani OT, Pescarini JM, Martinez L, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Increasing tuberculosis burden in Latin America: an alarming trend for global control efforts. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 03; 6(3). PMID: 33762254; PMCID: PMC7993346; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005639;

Santos ADS, de Oliveira RD, Lemos EF, Lima F, Cohen T, Cords O, Martinez L, Gonçalves C, Ko A, Andrews JR, Croda J. Yield, Efficiency, and Costs of Mass Screening Algorithms for Tuberculosis in Brazilian Prisons. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 03 01; 72(5):771-777. PMID: 32064514; PMCID: PMC7935388; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa135;

Woldu HG, Zalwango S, Martinez L, Castellanos ME, Kakaire R, Sekandi JN, Kiwanuka N, Whalen CC. Defining an intermediate category of tuberculin skin test: A mixture model analysis of two high-risk populations from Kampala, Uganda. PLoS One. 2021; 16(1):e0245328. PMID: 33481816; PMCID: PMC7822548; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245328;

Liu Q, Yang D, Qiu B, Martinez L, Ji Y, Song H, Li Z, Wang J. Drug resistance gene mutations and treatment outcomes in MDR-TB: A prospective study in Eastern China. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 01; 15(1):e0009068. PMID: 33471794; PMCID: PMC7850501; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009068;

Cheng W, Pan A, Rathbun SL, Ge Y, Xiao Q, Martinez L, Ling F, Liu S, Wang X, Yu Z, Ebell MH, Li C, Handel A, Chen E, Shen Y. Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors to prevent mortality in patients with laboratory-confirmed avian influenza A H7N9. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb; 103:573-578. PMID: 33333253; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.028;

Harries AD, Martinez L, Chakaya JM. SARS-CoV-2: how safe is it to fly and what can be done to enhance protection? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 01 07; 115(1):117-119. PMID: 33031556; PMCID: PMC7665738; DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traa106;

Liu Q, Ji Y, Martinez L, Lu W, Shi X, Wang J, Zeng Y. Combined tests with Xpert MTB/RIF assay with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid increasing the diagnostic performance of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Eastern China. Epidemiol Infect. 2020 12 28; 149:e5. PMID: 33436140; PMCID: PMC8057514; DOI: 10.1017/S095026882000309X;

Sequera VG, Aguirre S, Estigarribia G, Cellamare M, Croda J, Andrews JR, Martinez L, García-Basteiro AL. Increased incarceration rates drive growing tuberculosis burden in prisons and jeopardize overall tuberculosis control in Paraguay. Sci Rep. 2020 12 04; 10(1):21247. PMID: 33277515; PMCID: PMC7718226; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77504-1;

Shen Y, Li C, Dong H, Wang Z, Martinez L, Sun Z, Handel A, Chen Z, Chen E, Ebell MH, Wang F, Yi B, Wang H, Wang X, Wang A, Chen B, Qi Y, Liang L, Li Y, Ling F, Chen J, Xu G. Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 12 01; 180(12):1665-1671. PMID: 32870239; PMCID: PMC7489377; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5225;

Liu Q, Yang D, Ji Y, Martinez L, Wang J, Shi X, Zeng Y, Lu W. Diagnostic value of C-reactive protein, IgG, and IgA for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Eastern China. Journal of Public Health and Emergency. 2020.

Dias de Oliveira R, da Silva Santos A, Reis CB, de Cássia Leite A, Correia Sacchi FP, de Araujo RCP, Dos Santos PCP, Rolla VC, Martinez L, Andrews J, Croda J. Primary Prophylaxis to Prevent Tuberculosis Infection in Prison Inmates: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 10; 103(4):1466-1472. PMID: 32876010; PMCID: PMC7543866; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0110;

Kay AW, Ness TE, Martinez L, Mandalakas AM. It Ain't Over Till It's Over: The Triple Threat of COVID-19, TB, and HIV. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 10; 103(4):1348-1349. PMID: 32876009; PMCID: PMC7543805; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1089;

Shen Y, Xu W, Li C, Handel A, Martinez L, Ling F, Ebell M, Fu X, Pan J, Ren J, Gu W, Chen E. A Cluster of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infections Indicating Person-to-Person Transmission Among Casual Contacts From Social Gatherings: An Outbreak Case-Contact Investigation. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun; 7(6):ofaa231. PMID: 32613025; PMCID: PMC7313868; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa231;

Harries AD, Martinez L, Chakaya JM. Monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: focusing on health facility admissions and deaths. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 05 01; 24(5):550-552. PMID: 32398216; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0176;

Martinez L, Cords O, Horsburgh CR, Andrews JR. The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis. Lancet. 2020 03 21; 395(10228):973-984.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 32199484; PMCID: PMC7289654; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30166-5;

Liu Q, Lu P, Martinez L, Peng H, Zhu T, Zhu L, Wang J, Lu W. Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis infection: A population-based, observational study from eastern China. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2020 03; 36(3):e3227. PMID: 31655015; DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3227;

Handel A, Martinez L, Sekandi JN, Bellan SE, Zhu L, Chen C, Liu Q, Donkor S, Sutherland J, Hill PC, Gilman RH, Grandjean L, Whalen CC. Evidence for supercoughers in an analysis of six tuberculosis cohorts from China, Peru, The Gambia and Uganda. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 12 01; 23(12):1286-1292. PMID: 31931913; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0819;

You NN, Zhu LM, Li GL, Martinez L, Lu W, Liu Q, Yang HT. A tuberculosis school outbreak in China, 2018: reaching an often overlooked adolescent population. Epidemiol Infect. 2019 11 18; 147:e303. PMID: 31736459; PMCID: PMC6873155; DOI: 10.1017/S0950268819001882;

Martinez L, Cheng W, Wang X, Ling F, Mu L, Li C, Huo X, Ebell MH, Huang H, Zhu L, Li C, Chen E, Handel A, Shen Y. A Risk Classification Model to Predict Mortality Among Laboratory-Confirmed Avian Influenza A H7N9 Patients: A Population-Based Observational Cohort Study. J Infect Dis. 2019 10 22; 220(11):1780-1789. PMID: 31622983; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz328;

Liu Q, Li Z, Ji Y, Martinez L, Zia UH, Javaid A, Lu W, Wang J. Forecasting the seasonality and trend of pulmonary tuberculosis in Jiangsu Province of China using advanced statistical time-series analyses. Infect Drug Resist. 2019; 12:2311-2322. PMID: 31440067; PMCID: PMC6666376; DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S207809;

Liu Q, Wang D, Martinez L, Lu P, Zhu L, Lu W, Wang J. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains and unfavourable treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Feb; 26(2):180-188. PMID: 31336202; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.07.016;

Martinez L, Verma R, Croda J, Horsburgh CR, Walter KS, Degner N, Middelkoop K, Koch A, Hermans S, Warner DF, Wood R, Cobelens F, Andrews JR. Detection, survival and infectious potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the environment: a review of the evidence and epidemiological implications. Eur Respir J. 2019 06; 53(6).View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31048345; PMCID: PMC6753378; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02302-2018;

Castellanos ME, Martinez L, Whalen CC. In reply to 'Interferon-gamma release assays have suboptimal sensitivity in both latent and active tuberculosis'. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 06 01; 23(6):767. PMID: 31315714; PMCID: PMC7388700; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0749;

Martinez L, Lo NC, Cords O, Hill PC, Khan P, Hatherill M, Mandalakas A, Kay A, Croda J, Horsburgh CR, Zar HJ, Andrews JR. Paediatric tuberculosis transmission outside the household: challenging historical paradigms to inform future public health strategies. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 06; 7(6):544-552.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31078497; PMCID: PMC7323920; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30137-7;

Martinez L, Andrews JR. Improving Tuberculosis Case Finding in Persons Living with Advanced HIV through New Diagnostic Algorithms. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Mar 01; 199(5):559-560. PMID: 30273498; PMCID: PMC6396861; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201809-1702ED;

Martinez L. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Towards a More Holistic Understanding of Paediatric Tuberculosis. 2019; 3(4):P220-221.

Peters JS, Andrews JR, Hatherill M, Hermans S, Martinez L, Schurr E, van der Heijden Y, Wood R, Rustomjee R, Kana BD. Advances in the understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in HIV-endemic settings. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 03; 19(3):e65-e76. PMID: 30554995; PMCID: PMC6401310; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30477-8;

Castellanos ME, Kirimunda S, Martinez L, Quach T, Woldu H, Kakaire R, Handel A, Zalwango S, Kiwanuka N, Whalen CC. Performance of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay in tuberculin skin test converters: a prospective cohort study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 09 01; 22(9):1000-1006. PMID: 30092864; PMCID: PMC6482451; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0073;

Martinez L, Handel A, Shen Y, Chakraburty S, Quinn FD, Stein CM, Malone LL, Zalwango S, Whalen CC. A Prospective Validation of a Clinical Algorithm to Detect Tuberculosis in Child Contacts. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 05 01; 197(9):1214-1216. PMID: 29035095; PMCID: PMC6019930; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201706-1210LE;

Martinez L, Zar HJ. Tuberculin conversion and tuberculosis disease in infants and young children from the Drakenstein Child Health Study: A call to action. S Afr Med J. 2018 03 28; 108(4):247-248. PMID: 29629670; DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v108i4.13169;

Liu Q, Lu P, Martinez L, Yang H, Lu W, Ding X, Zhu L. Factors affecting time to sputum culture conversion and treatment outcome of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in China. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 03 06; 18(1):114. PMID: 29510666; PMCID: PMC5840772; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3021-0;

Ezeamama AE, Bustinduy AL, Nkwata AK, Martinez L, Pabalan N, Boivin MJ, King CH. Cognitive deficits and educational loss in children with schistosome infection-A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 01; 12(1):e0005524. PMID: 29329293; PMCID: PMC5766129; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005524;

Sekandi JN, Zalwango S, Nkwata AK, Martinez L, Kakaire R, Mutanga JN, Whalen CC, Kiwanuka N. Low Prevalence of Tuberculin Skin Test Boosting among Community Residents in Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 02; 98(2):379-381. PMID: 29313483; PMCID: PMC5929205; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0591;

Martinez L, le Roux DM, Barnett W, Stadler A, Nicol MP, Zar HJ. Tuberculin skin test conversion and primary progressive tuberculosis disease in the first 5 years of life: a birth cohort study from Cape Town, South Africa. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018 01; 2(1):46-55. PMID: 29457055; PMCID: PMC5810304; DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30149-9;

Martinez L, Shen Y, Handel A, Chakraburty S, Stein CM, Malone LL, Boom WH, Quinn FD, Joloba ML, Whalen CC, Zalwango S. Effectiveness of WHO's pragmatic screening algorithm for child contacts of tuberculosis cases in resource-constrained settings: a prospective cohort study in Uganda. Lancet Respir Med. 2018 04; 6(4):276-286. PMID: 29273539; PMCID: PMC5876110; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30497-6;

Lu P, Ding X, Liu Q, Lu W, Martinez L, Sun J, Lu F, Zhong C, Jiang H, Miao C, Zhu L, Yang H. Mediating Effect of Repeated Tuberculosis Exposure on the Risk of Transmission to Household Contacts of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 02; 98(2):364-371. PMID: 29210348; PMCID: PMC5929184; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0325;

Martinez L, Zhu L, Castellanos ME, Liu Q, Chen C, Hallowell BD, Whalen CC. Glycemic Control and the Prevalence of Tuberculosis Infection: A Population-based Observational Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 29; 65(12):2060-2068. PMID: 29059298; PMCID: PMC5848314; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix632;

Liu Q, Li GL, Chen C, Wang JM, Martinez L, Lu W, Zhu LM. Diagnostic Performance of the GenoType MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl Assays to Identify Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in Eastern China. Chin Med J (Engl). 2017 Jul 05; 130(13):1521-1528. PMID: 28639565; PMCID: PMC5494913; DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.208248;

Martinez L, Shen Y, Mupere E, Kizza A, Hill PC, Whalen CC. Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Households and the Community: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 06 15; 185(12):1327-1339. PMID: 28982226; PMCID: PMC6248487; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx025;

Mesías Monsalve S, Martínez L, Yohannessen Vásquez K, Alvarado Orellana S, Klarián Vergara J, Martín Mateo M, Costilla Salazar R, Fuentes Alburquenque M, Cáceres Lillo DD. Trace element contents in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in urban school microenvironments near a contaminated beach with mine tailings, Chañaral, Chile. Environ Geochem Health. 2018 Jun; 40(3):1077-1091. PMID: 28536962; DOI: 10.1007/s10653-017-9980-z;

Lu P, Liu Q, Martinez L, Yang H, Lu W, Ding X, Zhu L. Time to sputum culture conversion and treatment outcome of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study from urban China. Eur Respir J. 2017 03; 49(3). PMID: 28331033; PMCID: PMC5380874; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01558-2016;

Martinez L, Castellanos ME, Hallowell BD, Whalen CC. Innovative Methods to Manage, Detect, and Prevent Tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 02 15; 195(4):530-532. PMID: 27911589; PMCID: PMC6850799; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201608-1657RR;

Martinez L, Xu L, Chen C, Sekandi JN, Zhu Y, Zhang C, Whalen CC, Zhu L. Delays and Pathways to Final Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Patients from a Referral Hospital in Urban China. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 May; 96(5):1060-1065. PMID: 28193742; PMCID: PMC5417195; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0358;

Martinez L, Sekandi JN, Castellanos ME, Zalwango S, Whalen CC. Infectiousness of HIV-Seropositive Patients with Tuberculosis in a High-Burden African Setting. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 11 01; 194(9):1152-1163. PMID: 27181053; PMCID: PMC5114446; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201511-2146OC;

Díaz Fuentes CM, Martinez Pantoja L, Tarver M, Geschwind SA, Lara M. Latino immigrant day laborer perceptions of occupational safety and health information preferences. Am J Ind Med. 2016 06; 59(6):476-85. PMID: 26901777; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22575;

Martínez L, Monsalve SM, Vásquez KY, Orellana SA, Vergara JK, Mateo MM, Salazar RC, Alburquenque MF, Alcaíno AM, Torres R, Cáceres DD. Indoor-outdoor concentrations of fine particulate matter in school building microenvironments near a mine tailing deposit . AIMS Environmental Science. 2016; 3(4):752-764.

Sekandi JN, Zalwango S, Martinez L, Handel A, Kakaire R, Nkwata AK, Ezeamama AE, Kiwanuka N, Whalen CC. Four Degrees of Separation: Social Contacts and Health Providers Influence the Steps to Final Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis Patients in Urban Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 21; 15:361. PMID: 26293293; PMCID: PMC4546132; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1084-8;

Ezeamama AE, Mupere E, Oloya J, Martinez L, Kakaire R, Yin X, Sekandi JN, Whalen CC. Age, sex, and nutritional status modify the CD4+ T-cell recovery rate in HIV-tuberculosis co-infected patients on combination antiretroviral therapy. Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Jun; 35:73-9. PMID: 25910854; PMCID: PMC4497838; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.04.008;

Shao Y, Chen C, Song H, Li G, Liu Q, Li Y, Zhu L, Martinez L, Lu W. The epidemiology and geographic distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria clinical isolates from sputum samples in the eastern region of China. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar; 9(3):e0003623. PMID: 25775117; PMCID: PMC4361326; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003623;

Zhu L, Liu Q, Martinez L, Shi J, Chen C, Shao Y, Zhong C, Song H, Li G, Ding X, Zhou Y, Zhu L, Whalen CC, Lu W. Diagnostic value of GeneChip for detection of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with differing treatment histories. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan; 53(1):131-5. PMID: 25355771; PMCID: PMC4290911; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02283-14;

Calvopiña M, Martinez L, Hashiguchi Y. Cutaneous leishmaniasis "chiclero's ulcer" in subtropical Ecuador. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Aug; 89(2):195-196. PMID: 23926136; PMCID: PMC3741233; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0690;

Martinez L, Arman A, Haveman N, Lundgren A, Cabrera L, Evans CA, Pelly TF, Saito M, Callacondo D, Oberhelman R, Collazo G, Carnero AM, Gilman RH. Changes in tuberculin skin test positivity over 20 years in periurban shantytowns in Lima, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Sep; 89(3):507-15. PMID: 23878185; PMCID: PMC3771290; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0005;

Martinez L, Collazo G, Cabrera L, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Ramos-Peña Y, Oberhelman R. Free-ranging chickens in households in a periurban shantytown in Peru--attitudes and practices 10 years after a community-based intervention project. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Aug; 89(2):229-31. PMID: 23817335; PMCID: PMC3741241; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0760;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 172 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 32 publications in 2025

Bar chart showing 172 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 32 publications in 2025

Year	Publications
2013	3
2014	1
2015	3
2016	3
2017	9
2018	8
2019	10
2020	10
2021	23
2022	12
2023	21
2024	24
2025	32
2026	13

Media Mentions

Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers

The American Prospect 8/18/2025

Childhood TB may be linked to wheezing, poor lung function, low weight, height

Healio 6/29/2023

Pediatric TB found to affect lung function, growth post-recovery

Indian Express 4/20/2023

Experts call for early TB interventions after new data shows it causes stunting in children

Times Live 4/19/2023

Scientists consider new TB shots for adolescents

Monitor 8/17/2022

Is the Delta Variant Gone? Here's What Experts Say

NBC Chicago 1/19/2022

Omicron's spread is affecting even the youngest members of families, as scientists urge vaccination

CTV News 1/16/2022

Expect more worrisome variants after omicron, scientists say

Associate Press 1/15/2022

When Is a Person With COVID-19 Most Infectious?

US News & World Report 8/27/2021

2025 The Union-North America Region: The Union Early Career Investigator Prize

2020 International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease: The Union Young Investigator Prize

2020 American Thoracic Society, Assembly on Pulmonary Infections & Tuberculosis : Rising Star Award

2019 University of Washington: Tuberculosis Research & Training Center TB Junior Investigator Award

2017 LSHTM, University of Cape Town, International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease, Lancet: Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize

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Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
HIV Infection
Pediatrics

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