This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence
(< 100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework …

Investigation of contacts of patients with tuberculosis (TB) is a priority for TB control in high-
income countries, and is increasingly being considered in resource-limited settings. This …

The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR)
tuberculosis (TB) substantially challenges TB control, especially in the European Region of …

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of the
QuantiFERON-TB® Gold In-Tube (QFT-G-IT) and the T-SPOT®. TB assays with the …

Mise en page 1 Page 1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INVESTIGATING CONTACTS OF
PERSONS WITH INFECTIOUS TUBERCULOSIS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME …

Rationale: In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or
interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium …

Evidence-based guidance is needed on 1) how tuberculosis (TB) infectiousness evolves in
response to effective treatment and 2) how the TB infection risk can be minimised to help …

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European
Respiratory Society (ERS) jointly developed European Union Standards for Tuberculosis …

Tuberculosis is certainly one of the diseases considered to be ancient on planet Earth. The
etiological agent of tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This terrible bacterial …

The introduction of new rapid diagnostic tools for tuberculosis (TB) and the promising TB
drugs pipeline together with the development of a new World Health Organization Strategy …