Undernutrition and tuberculosis: public health implications

P Sinha, J Davis, L Saag, C Wanke… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Almost 800 million people are chronically undernourished worldwide, of whom 98% are in
low-and middle-income countries where tuberculosis is endemic. In many tuberculosis …

Tuberculosis and malnutrition: the European perspective

J Ockenga, K Fuhse, S Chatterjee, R Malykh, H Rippin… - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading infectious cause of death worldwide, despite ongoing efforts
to limit its incidence and mortality. Although the European Region has made gains in TB …

Food for thought: addressing undernutrition to end tuberculosis

P Sinha, K Lönnroth, A Bhargava… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of deaths from an infectious disease worldwide. WHO's
End TB Strategy is falling short of several 2020 targets. Undernutrition is the leading …

The potential impact of the COVID-19 response related lockdown on TB incidence and mortality in India

A Bhargava, HD Shewade - indian journal of tuberculosis, 2020 - Elsevier
India has the highest burden of incident tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths globally. TB is
strongly associated with poverty and this risk is largely mediated by undernutrition in India …

[HTML][HTML] Undernutrition is feeding the tuberculosis pandemic: a perspective

ME Carwile, NS Hochberg, P Sinha - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death worldwide, with 1.5 million deaths in 2020.
While TB incidence and mortality had previously been on a downwards trend, in 2020, TB …

Caloric restriction promotes immunometabolic reprogramming leading to protection from tuberculosis

C Palma, C La Rocca, V Gigantino, G Aquino… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
There is a strong relationship between metabolic state and susceptibility to Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB) infection, with energy metabolism setting the basis for an exaggerated …

Assessing tuberculosis control priorities in high-burden settings: a modelling approach

JF Vesga, TB Hallett, MJA Reid… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background In the context of WHO's End TB strategy, there is a need to focus future control
efforts on those interventions and innovations that would be most effective in accelerating …

[HTML][HTML] Does direct benefit transfer improve outcomes among people with tuberculosis?–A mixed-methods study on the need for a review of the cash transfer policy in …

JD Dave, MP Rupani - International Journal of Health Policy and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: A direct benefit transfer (DBT) program was launched to address the dual
epidemic of under-nutrition and tuberculosis (TB) in India. We conducted this study to …

Associations between nutritional and immune status and clinicopathologic factors in patients with tuberculosis: A comprehensive analysis

QX Liu, DY Tang, X Xiang, JQ He - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study was designed to assess and analyze nutritional status (NS) and
immune status in patients with tuberculosis. Methods A retrospective analysis was …

Association of underweight status with the risk of tuberculosis: a nationwide population-based cohort study

SH Cho, H Lee, H Kwon, DW Shin, HK Joh, K Han… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In studies evaluating the association between body mass index (BMI) and risk of
tuberculosis (TB), the data for the underweight population has been limited and results were …