Rapid, accurate, sputum-free tests for tuberculosis (TB) triage and confirmation are urgently
needed to close the widening diagnostic gap. We summarise key technologies and review …

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Coronavirus disease-
2019 (COVID-19), whose etiologic agent is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Evidence suggests that airborne transmission of infectious respiratory aerosol plays an
important role for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This work characterized respiratory aerosol …

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not only shaped awareness of the impact of infectious
diseases on global health. It has also provided instructive lessons for better prevention …

Rationale: Interrupting tuberculosis (TB) transmission requires an improved understanding
of how and when the causative organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is aerosolized …

An estimated one-third of tuberculosis (TB) cases go undiagnosed or unreported. Sputum
samples, widely used for TB diagnosis, are inefficient at detecting infection in children and …

Microorganisms residing in the human respiratory tract can be exhaled, and they constitute a
part of environmental microbiotas. However, the expiratory microbiota community and its …

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

New tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics are at a crossroads: their development, evaluation, and
implementation is severely damaged by resource diversion due to COVID-19. Yet several …

In the study of sea ice, the portion of an iceberg that sits below the water is known as the
bummock, counterpart to the hummock, the visible crest of ice. As amateur oceanographers …