Tuberculosis continues to cause an unacceptably high toll of disease and death among
children worldwide, particularly in the wake of the HIV epidemic. Increased international …

Children bear a substantial burden of suffering when it comes to tuberculosis. Ironically, they
are often left out of the scientific and public health advances that have led to important …

Adolescence is characterised by a substantial increase in the incidence of tuberculosis, a
known fact since the early 20th century. Most of the world's adolescents live in low-income …

Children represent both a clinically important population susceptible to tuberculosis and a
key group in whom to study intrinsic and vaccine-induced mechanisms of protection. After …

There has been a recent global resurgence of tuberculosis in both resource—limited and
some resource—rich countries. Several factors have contributed to this resurgence …

Abstract In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) to be
responsible for more deaths than any other single infectious disease. The burden of TB …

Tuberculosis is one of the major infections affecting children worldwide. It causes significant
morbidity and mortality, especially in infants and young children. Factors such as …

Tuberculosis is a major cause of death and disability among children globally, yet children
have been neglected in global tuberculosis control efforts. Historically, tuberculosis in …

Of the estimated 8.3 million new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in 2000,
884,019 (11%) were in children less than 15 years of age. 1 However, this figure is outdated …

The plight of children with tuberculosis is widely recognised and is increasingly becoming a
priority for national tuberculosis control programmes. In 2012, WHO attempted for the first …