Vaccine development against tuberculosis before and after Covid-19

SHE Kaufmann - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not only shaped awareness of the impact of infectious
diseases on global health. It has also provided instructive lessons for better prevention …

COVID-19 and tuberculosis: Unveiling the dual threat and shared solutions perspective

R Cioboata, V Biciusca, M Olteanu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The year 2020 will likely be remembered as the year dominated by COVID-19, or
coronavirus disease. The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Long-term outcomes of the global tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection cohort

GT Network, N Casco, AL Jorge… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Longitudinal cohort data of patients with tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) are lacking. In our global study, we describe long-term outcomes …

Global burden of disease due to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a mathematical modeling analysis

NA Menzies, BW Allwood, AS Dean, PJ Dodd… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In 2020, almost half a million individuals developed rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-
TB). We estimated the global burden of RR-TB over the lifetime of affected individuals. We …

Burden, clinical features, and outcomes of post-tuberculosis chronic obstructive lung diseases

IS Sehgal, S Dhooria, V Muthu… - Current opinion in …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
PTLD with airflow obstruction has considerable burden and causes a significant morbidity
and mortality. However, many aspects of PTLD-AFO still need to be answered. Studies are …

“Post tuberculosis”: the urgent need for inclusion of lung health outcomes in tuberculosis treatment trials

A Byrne, B Allwood, I Schoeman… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Extract We read with interest the systematic review by Ivanova et al.[1], recently published in
the European Respiratory Review, highlighting significant long-term lung function …

Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of post-tuberculosis lung disease

DR Silva, AP Santos, D Visca, S Bombarda… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Historically, all efforts against tuberculosis were focused on rapid diagnosis and effective
treatment to break the chain of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, in the …

Perinatal tuberculosis—An approach to an under-recognized diagnosis

HS Schaaf, A Bekker, H Rabie - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) in young infants (< 3 months of age), often referred to as perinatal TB, is
underdiagnosed, leading to severe morbidity and high mortality. Perinatal TB includes both …

The epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis—lessons from the South African experience

K Naidoo, R Perumal, H Cox, B Mathema… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) threatens to derail tuberculosis control efforts,
particularly in Africa where the disease remains out of control. The dogma that DR-TB …

Why TB programmes should assess for comorbidities, determinants and disability at the start and end of TB treatment

AD Harries, Y Lin, P Thekkur, D Nair… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
The past few years have seen a welcome increase in the number of articles on post-TB lung
disease (PTLD). In 2021, Clinical Standards for the assessment, management and …