The transmission of tuberculosis is complex. Necessary factors include a source case with
respiratory disease that has developed sufficiently for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be …

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

Introduction Meta-analyses conducted so far on the association between diabetes mellitus
(DM) and the tuberculosis (TB) development risk did not sufficiently take confounders into …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV constitute a public health challenge. Health workers
(HWs) in HIV clinics maybe at greater risk of M. tuberculosis infection, considering the high …

The emergence and expansion of the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic is a threat to
the global control of tuberculosis. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is the result of the …

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major public
health problem. Household contact studies identify children and adults along the spectrum …

We performed a systematic review and meta-analyses of studies assessing tuberculosis
(TB) patient-related risk factors for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection …

Background Several cohort studies demonstrate that diabetics are at increased risk for
active tuberculosis, and poor glycemic control may exacerbate this risk. A higher prevalence …

Much remains unknown about Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission. Seminal
experimental studies from the 1950s demonstrated that airborne expulsion of droplet nuclei …

Tuberculosis claims more human lives than any other infectious disease. This alarming
epidemic has fuelled the development of novel antimicrobials and diagnostics. However …