Individuals in lower income countries, where the majority of the world's TB burden is located, were more likely to report symptoms of active TB disease if they also reported a prior diagnosis of ...

Of these cases, about 87% occurred in the 30 high TB-burden countries, 4 with more than two-thirds of the global total in China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

With 400, 000 confirmed infections in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Report placed Nigeria as No. 1 in Africa, and No. 6 among 30 high-burden TB countries. That’s no public ...

Congregate settings in high-burden regions: Schools, workplaces, and public transportation in countries with high TB prevalence can serve as transmission sites, ...

A novel, portable assay can deliver TB diagnoses in under an hour at low cost using samples of blood, saliva, or sputum, ...

In 2023, tuberculosis claimed approximately 1·3 million lives,1 providing a stark reminder of the persistent inequities and ...

New cases of TB disease were highest during the first year of life, and even though this risk decreased as children grew older, one in 10 children afflicted by TB disease by age 10 is still an ...

New findings also indicate that children who live in settings with a high burden of TB have a consistently high annual risk of developing TB infection throughout childhood. An estimated 1.2 ...

Tuberculosis kills 1.3 million people each year, making it the deadliest infectious disease in the world, write KJ Seung and.

The following is a summary of “Differences found in patient characteristics of migrant tuberculosis sub-populations within ...

EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:30 PM EST Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Contact: Jillian McKoy, [email protected] Michael Saunders, [email protected] 10% of Children in High-Burden Tuberculosis Settings May Develop the ...