The transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in high burden settings

…, JG Taylor, TD McHugh, M Lipman… - The Lancet infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
M tuberculosis transmission in high burden settings is needed. This Review summarises
research into M tuberculosis … We focus on the biology of airborne M tuberculosis transmission, …

Are we underestimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in high-burden settings?

DW Dowdy, MA Behr - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2022 - thelancet.com
… to tuberculosis epidemics in high-burden settings, a key question is: what fraction of incident
tuberculosis … in reducing tuberculosis burden requires neutralising long-standing infections …

Whole-genome sequencing to detect recent transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in settings with a high burden of tuberculosis

T Luo, C Yang, Y Peng, L Lu, G Sun, J Wu, X Jin… - Tuberculosis, 2014 - Elsevier
… (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been used to trace the transmission of M. …
tuberculosis in a high TB burden country. We conducted epidemiological investigations of …

Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries

…, L Chesire, E Corbett, M Dara… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… However, prioritising high risk groups, such as people living with HIV, adult and child
contacts of pulmonary TB cases, as well as immigrants from high to low TB burden countries, for …

Potential of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection phase-dependent antigens in the diagnosis of TB disease in a high burden setting

NN Chegou, GF Black, AG Loxton, K Stanley… - BMC infectious …, 2012 - Springer
… In the present study, we assessed the potential diagnostic utilities of 118 M.tb infection
phase-dependent antigens in TB patients and household contacts (HHCs) in a high-TB burden

Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries

R Ragonnet, JM Trauer, N Geard, N Scott, ES McBryde - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
… of M.tb transmission and the resulting burden of infection and TB disease in the five
highest TB burden … Our model also highlights the high burden of childhood TB in high-incidence …

Whole genome sequencing of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a high burden tuberculosis region of North West Pakistan

A Jabbar, JE Phelan, PF de Sessions, TA Khan… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, is a leading … Drug resistant
M. … Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, is a global public …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of childhood tuberculosis in 22 high-burden countries: a mathematical modelling study

PJ Dodd, E Gardiner, R Coghlan… - The lancet global …, 2014 - thelancet.com
… the risk of M tuberculosis infection, we … far the highest burden of paediatric tuberculosis,
which is probably a result of its large size, demographic composition, and moderate tuberculosis

Molecular characterisation of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a high-burden tuberculosis state in Brazil

RS Salvato, S Schiefelbein, RB Barcellos… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
highest in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). This study aimed to perform molecular characterisation
of MDR-TB in the State of RS, a high-burden … , using 131 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) …

Estimation of the global burden of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 1

T Netikul, P Palittapongarnpim… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… a specific geographic distribution and high mortality. It is highly diverse and endemic in
several high burden countries. However, studies on the global burden of L1 and its sublineages …