Background Every year, an estimated one million children and young adolescents become
ill with tuberculosis, and around 226,000 of those children die. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert …

Background Every year, at least one million children become ill with tuberculosis and
around 200,000 children die. Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra are World Health Organization …

Objectives The WHO currently recommends stool testing using GeneXpert MTB/Rif (Xpert)
for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis (TB). The simple one-step (SOS) stool method …

The COVID-19 pandemic has set back the global tuberculosis (TB) response by several
years. In 2020, access to TB prevention and care declined sharply, with TB notifications …

Background Childhood and adolescent drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) is one of the neglected
infectious diseases. Limited evidence exists around programmatic outcomes of children and …

Deficiency in circulatory vitamin D level and vitamin D receptor DNA methylation could be
associated with weakened innate immune response and increased susceptibility to …

Background Tuberculosis, one of the deadliest diseases with high mortality and morbidity,
has now reversed its global decline trend with 10.6 million people affected in 2021 (WHO …

Background To describe sonographic characteristics of cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis
(CTBL) in children, clinical information, and sonograms of 348 lymph nodes (LNs) from 57 …

Background Diagnosis of TB in pediatric population poses several challenges. A novel
initiative was implemented in several major cities of India aimed at providing upfront access …

Of the estimated 10.4 million people who fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2016, only 6.3
million people were detected and officially notified to national TB programmes, leaving a …