[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis 2015: burden, challenges and strategy for control and elimination

M Raviglione, G Sulis - Infectious disease reports, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for
about 9.6 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths annually. The poorest and socially …

Disease diagnosis in smart healthcare: Innovation, technologies and applications

KT Chui, W Alhalabi, SSH Pang, PO Pablos, RW Liu… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
To promote sustainable development, the smart city implies a global vision that merges
artificial intelligence, big data, decision making, information and communication technology …

[HTML][HTML] Social determinants of health and catastrophic costs associated with the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

ASR Moreira, AL Kritski, ACC Carvalho - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The epidemiological relevance of tuberculosis is directly related to the socioeconomic profile
of a given country. Vulnerability to tuberculosis is influenced by biological factors (eg …

Epigenetics in tuberculosis: immunomodulation of host immune response

A Khadela, VP Chavda, H Postwala, Y Shah, P Mistry… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis is a stern, difficult to treat chronic infection caused by acid-fast bacilli that tend
to take a long time to be eradicated from the host's environment. It requires the action of both …

Recent developments in the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis

G Sulis, R Centis, G Sotgiu, L D'Ambrosio… - NPJ primary care …, 2016 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue worldwide, with~ 9.6 million new incident
cases and 1.5 million deaths in 2014. The End-TB Strategy launched by the World Health …

Household crowding as a potential mediator of socioeconomic determinants of tuberculosis incidence in Brazil

DM Pelissari, FA Diaz-Quijano - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Although many studies have identified social conditions associated with tuberculosis,
contextual and individual factors have rarely been analysed simultaneously. Consequently …

Economic implications of novel regimens for tuberculosis treatment in three high-burden countries: a modelling analysis

TS Ryckman, SG Schumacher, C Lienhardt… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background With numerous trials investigating novel drug combinations to treat
tuberculosis, we aimed to evaluate the extent to which future improvements in tuberculosis …

Improving TB case notification in northern Uganda: evidence of a quality improvement-guided active case finding intervention

E Karamagi, S Sensalire, M Muhire, H Kisamba… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Strategies to identify and treat undiagnosed prevalent cases that have not
sought diagnostic services on their own, are necessary to treat TB in patients earlier and …

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with unfavorable tuberculosis treatment outcomes in TB-HIV co-infected patients in Brazil: a hierarchical …

TN Prado, JV Rajan, AE Miranda, ES Dias… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Background: TB patients co-infected with HIV have worse treatment outcomes than non-
coinfected patients. How clinical characteristics of TB and socioeconomic characteristics …

Ethnic and racial inequalities in notified cases of tuberculosis in Brazil

PVS Viana, MJF Gonçalves, PC Basta - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective This study analysed clinical and sociodemographic aspects and follow-up for
notified cases of tuberculosis (TB) and explored inequalities in incidence rates and outcome …