Latest TB research publications

EDITOR'S PICK: Tuberculosis and foreign-born populations in the United States: A mixed methods pilot study of media reporting and political identification

Angel N. Desai, Shravanthi M. Seshasayee, Maimuna S. Majumder, Britta Lassmann, Lawrence C. Madoff, Emily L. Cohn, John S. Brownstein

2020-04-21 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Spatial distribution of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in metropolitan Harare, Zimbabwe

Joconiah Chirenda, Isaiah Gwitira, Robin M. Warren, Samantha L. Sampson, Amon Murwira, Collen Masimirembwa, Kudzanai M. Mateveke, Cremence Duri, Prosper Chonzi, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Elizabeth M. Streicher

2020-04-21 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Prevalence of tuberculosis in Rwanda: Results of the first nationwide survey in 2012 yielded important lessons for TB control

Patrick Migambi, Michel Gasana, Claude Bernard Uwizeye, Eliane Kamanzi, Vedaste Ndahindwa, Nico Kalisvaart, Eveline Klinkenberg

2020-04-23 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Determinants of unsuccessful treatment outcomes and mortality among tuberculosis patients in Malaysia: A registry-based cohort study

Peter Seah Keng Tok, Su May Liew, Li Ping Wong, Asmah Razali, Tharani Loganathan, Karuthan Chinna, Nurhuda Ismail, Naim Abdul Kadir

2020-04-22 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Proteomic analysis of infected primary human leucocytes revealed PSTK as potential treatment-monitoring marker for active and latent tuberculosis

Benjawan Kaewseekhao, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Yodying Yingchutrakul, Kanin Salao, Wipa Reechaipichitkul, Kiatichai Faksri

2020-04-16 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

The second national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Vietnam

Hai Viet Nguyen, Edine W. Tiemersma, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Frank G. J. Cobelens, Alyssa Finlay, Philippe Glaziou, Cu Huy Dao, Veriko Mirtskhulava, Hung Van Nguyen, Huyen T. T. Pham, Ngoc T. T. Khieu, Petra de Haas, Nam Hoang Do, Phan Do Nguyen, Cong Van Cung, Nhung Viet Nguyen

2020-04-23 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Health sector spending and spending on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and development assistance for health: progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3

Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network

2020-05-05 // THE LANCET // Research Article

Structures of cell wall arabinosyltransferases with the anti-tuberculosis drug ethambutol

Lu Zhang, Yao Zhao, Yan Gao, Lijie Wu, Ruogu Gao, Qi Zhang, Yinan Wang, Chengyao Wu, Fangyu Wu, Sudagar S. Gurcha, Natacha Veerapen, Sarah M. Batt, Wei Zhao, Ling Qin, Xiuna Yang, Manfu Wang, Yan Zhu, Bing Zhang, Lijun Bi, Xian’en Zhang, Haitao Yang, Luke W. Guddat, Wenqing Xu, Quan Wang, Jun Li, Gurdyal S. Besra, Zihe Rao

2020-05-05 // SCIENCE // Research Article

Tracking total spending on tuberculosis by source and function in 135 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: a financial modelling study

Yanfang Su, Ines Garcia Baena, Anton C Harle, Sawyer W Crosby, Angela E Micah, Andrew Siroka, Maitreyi Sahu, Golsum Tsakalos, Christopher J L Murray, Katherine Floyd, Joseph L Dieleman,

2020-05-05 // THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES // Research Article

Clustered micronodules as predominant manifestation on CT: A sign of active but indolently evolving pulmonary tuberculosis

Jung Hee Hong, Jin Mo Goo, Jae-Joon Yim, Yoon Kyung Jeon, Soon Ho Yoon

2020-04-17 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Silico-tuberculosis, silicosis and other respiratory morbidities among sandstone mine workers in Rajasthan- a cross-sectional study

Saranya Rajavel, Pankaja Raghav, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Venkiteswaran Muralidhar

2020-04-16 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Risk factors associated to a high Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex seroprevalence in wild boar (Sus scrofa) from a low bovine tuberculosis prevalence area

Lucía Varela-Castro, Vega Alvarez, Iker A. Sevilla, Marta Barral

2020-04-17 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

In silico discovery and biological validation of ligands of FAD synthase, a promising new antimicrobial target

Isaias Lans, Ernesto Anoz-Carbonell, Karen Palacio-Rodríguez, José Antonio Aínsa, Milagros Medina, Pilar Cossio