Tuberculosis infection (TBI) is defined as a state of infection in which individuals host live
Mycobacterium tuberculosis with or without clinical signs of active TB. It is now understood …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an enormous global health problem. There are 8–9 million new
cases and 2 million deaths from TB annually. Despite the overwhelming burden of disease …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major threat to global health, recently exacerbated by the emergence
of highly drug-resistant forms of the disease-causing pathogen and synergy with HIV/AIDS …

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading infectious cause of global morbidity and mortality,
affecting nearly a quarter of the human population and accounting for over 10 million deaths …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the major causes of human suffering and deaths, causing
a pandemic of relevant proportions. However, great progress has been made in the fight …

Tuberculosis (TB) has been with us for thousands of years. From the ancient Egyptians,
whose mummies still harbor its nucleic acid, to the Romantic Age writers, who thought it …

This book is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the global TB controls for
public health workers, infectious disease clinicians, researchers, and policy makers …

Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), followed by effective treatment, is the cornerstone of
global TB control efforts. An estimated 3 million cases of TB remain undetected each year …

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 …

Summary According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10.4 million people died of
tuberculosis (TB) in 2015, and the disease is now the number one cause of death from a …