Tuberculosis has affected humankind for thousands of years, but a deeper understanding of
its cause and transmission only arose after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium …

The COVID-19 pandemic brought diagnostics into the spotlight in an unprecedented way not
only for case management but also for population health, surveillance, and monitoring. The …

The infectious emission rate is a fundamental input parameter for airborne transmission risk
assessment, but data are limited due to reliance on estimates from chance superspreading …

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

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

Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is one of the most common causes of hospital-acquired
infections and foodborne illnesses and is commonly found in nature in air, dust, and water …

Abstract In 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published target product profiles
(TPP) for development of novel tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics. One of the key highlights is the …

Various diseases caused by food-borne or environmental pathogenic microorganisms have
been a persistent threat to public health and global economies. It is necessary to regularly …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of infectious mortality globally, yet most cases
cannot be epidemiologically linked even with extensive contact investigations and whole …

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