Selected Publications
Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Desjardins, M., Yasseen, A.S., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, W., Obed, N., Baikie, M. et al. (2015). The feasibility, accuracy, and impact of Xpert MTB/RIF testing in a remote Aboriginal community in Canada. CHEST, 148(3), 767-73. DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-2948.
N’Diaye, S.S., Nsengiyumva, N.P., Uppal, A., Oxlade, O., Alvarez, G.G., & Schwartzman, K. (2019). The potential impact and cost-effectiveness of tobacco reduction strategies for tuberculosis prevention in Canadian Inuit communities. BMC Medicine, 17, 26. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1261-5.
Oxlade, O., Sugarman, J., Alvarez, G.G., Pai, M., & Schwartzman, K. (2016). Xpert®MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Remote Arctic Setting: Impact on Cost and Time to Treatment Initiation. PLos One, 11(3) e0150119. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150119.
Pease, C., Zwerling, A., Mallick, R., Patterson, M., Demaio, P., Finn, S., … Alvarez, G.G. (2019). The latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in Iqaluit, Nunavut, 2012-2016. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, 890. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4557-3.
Kilabuk, E., Momoli, F., Mallick, R., Van Dyk, D., Pease, C., Zwerling, A. … Alvarez, G.G. (2019). Social determinants of health among residential areas with a high tuberculosis incidence in a remote Inuit community. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 73(5):401-406. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211261.
Alvarez, G.G.., Van Dyke, D.D., Colquhoun, H., Moreau, K.A., Mulpuru, S., & Graham, I.D. (2016). Developing and field testing a community based youth initiative to increase tuberculosis awareness in remote Arctic Inuit communities. PLoS One, 11(7), e0159241. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159241.
Asmis, T.R., Febbraro, M., Alvarez, G.G., Spaans, J.N., Rukta, M., Lalany, A., Osborne, G. et al. (2015). A retrospective review of cancer treatments and outcomes among Inuit referred from Nunavut, Canada. Current Oncology, 22(4), 246-51. DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2421.
Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Davies, N., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, D.W., Desjardins, M., Mallick, R. et al. (2014). The feasibility of the interferon gamma release assay and predictors of discordance with the tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in a remote Aboriginal community. PLoS One, 9(11), e111986. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111986.
Sugarman, J., Alvarez, G.G., Schwartzman, K., & Oxlade, O. (2014). Sputum induction in a remote arctic setting for tuberculosis diagnosis: A cost comparison. International Journal of TB and Lung Disease, 18(10), 1223-30. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0163.
Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, D.W., Davies, N., Stephen, N., Mallick, R. et al. (2014). TAIMA (Stop) TB: The impact of a multifaceted TB awareness and door-to-door campaign in residential areas of high risk for TB in Iqaluit, Nunavut. PLoS One, 9(7), e100975. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100975.