Background Tuberculosis (TB) is transmitted in bioaerosols containing Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). Despite being central to ongoing TB transmission, no routine diagnostic …

Introduction Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in patient-derived bioaerosol is a
potential tool to measure source case infectiousness. However, current bioaerosol sampling …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is predominantly an airborne disease. However, quantitative
and qualitative analysis of bio-aerosols containing the aetiological agent, Mycobacterium …

Background Bioaerosols from pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients are a quantitative
predictor of transmission. Current methods involve sophisticated instruments and time …

Potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission during different pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB) disease states is poorly understood. We quantified viable aerosolized Mtb …

Pioneering studies linking symptomatic disease and cough-mediated release of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) established the infectious origin of tuberculosis (TB) …

Interrupting transmission is an attractive anti-tuberculosis (TB) strategy but it remains
underexplored owing to our poor understanding of the events surrounding transfer of …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is transmitted in small aerosol droplets expectorated by
individuals with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). There is still no established method for …

Background Symptoms of infectious respiratory illnesses are often assumed to drive
transmission. However, production and release of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) …

In this report we present a proof-of-principle study aimed at developing non-invasive
diagnostics for pulmonary TB that are based on analyzing TB biomarkers in exhaled …