Latest TB research publications

EDITOR'S PICK: Risk practices for bovine tuberculosis transmission to cattle and livestock farming communities living at wildlife-livestock-human interface in northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Petronillah Rudo Sichewo, Catiane Vander Kelen, Séverine Thys, Anita Luise Michel

2020-04-21  //  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES  //  Research Article

Protein kinases PknA and PknB independently and coordinately regulate essential Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiologies and antimicrobial susceptibility

Jumei Zeng, John Platig, Tan-Yun Cheng, Saima Ahmed, Yara Skaf, Lakshmi-Prasad Potluri, Daniel Schwartz, Hanno Steen, D. Branch Moody, Robert N. Husson

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

The potential deployment of a pan-tuberculosis drug regimen in India: A modelling analysis

Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Gabriela B. Gomez, Kuldeep S. Sachdeva, Raghuram Rao, Malik Parmar, Sreenivas A. Nair, Kiran Rade, Sameer Kumta, David Hermann, Christy Hanson, Daniel P. Chin, Puneet Dewan

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

A model of tuberculosis clustering in low incidence countries reveals more transmission in the United Kingdom than the Netherlands between 2010 and 2015

Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Leon Danon, Hester Korthals Altes, Jennifer A. Davidson, Andrew M. T. Pollock, Dick van Soolingen, Colin Campbell, Maeve K. Lalor

2020-04-21  //  PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY  //  Research Article

Impact of introducing fluorescent microscopy on hospital tuberculosis control: A before-after study at a high caseload medical center in Taiwan

Hsin-Yun Sun, Jann-Yuan Wang, Yee-Chun Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Chung Chuang, Shan-Chwen Chang, Jung-Der Wang, Chi-Tai Fang

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

Prevalence, risk factors and health seeking behaviour of pulmonary tuberculosis in four tribal dominated districts of Odisha: Comparison with studies in other regions of India

Tahziba Hussain, Sushri Shanta Tripathy, Shritam Das, Prakasini Satapathy, Dasarathi Das, Beena Thomas, Sanghamitra Pati

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

Concise whole blood transcriptional signatures for incipient tuberculosis: a systematic review and patient-level pooled meta-analysis

Rishi K Gupta, Carolin T Turner, Cristina Venturini, Hanif Esmail, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Andrew Copas, Prof Marc Lipman, Prof Ibrahim Abubakar, Prof Mahdad Noursadeghi,

2020-04-21  //  THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE  //  Research Article

BCG Against Coronavirus: Less Hype And More Evidence, Please

Madhukar Pai

2020-04-21  //  FORBES  //  Research Article

Health screenings administered during the domestic medical examination of refugees and other eligible immigrants in nine US states, 2014–2016: A cross-sectional analysis

Clelia Pezzi, Deborah Lee, Gayathri S. Kumar, Breanna Kawasaki, Lori Kennedy, Jenny Aguirre, Melissa Titus, Rebecca Ford, Blain Mamo, Kailey Urban, Stephen Hughes, Colleen Payton, Kevin Scott, Jessica Montour, Emily S. Jentes

2020-03-31  //  PLOS MEDICINE  //  Research Article

Health of Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq and Afghanistan after arrival into the United States using Domestic Medical Examination data, 2014–2016: A cross-sectional analysis

Gayathri S. Kumar, Clelia Pezzi, Simone Wien, Blain Mamo, Kevin Scott, Colleen Payton, Kailey Urban, Stephen Hughes, Lori Kennedy, Nuny Cabanting, Jessica Montour, Melissa Titus, Jenny Aguirre, Breanna Kawasaki, Rebecca Ford, Emily S. Jentes

2020-03-31  //  PLOS MEDICINE  //  Research Article

Effect of specimen processing, growth supplement, and different metabolic population on Mycobacterium tuberculosis laboratory diagnosis

Shashikant Srivastava, Moti Chapagain, Tawanda Gumbo

2020-04-03  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, 2008–2010

Brittany K. Moore, Linda Erasmus, Julia Ershova, Sarah E. Smith, Norbert Ndjeka, Laura J. Podewils

2020-04-07  //  PLOS ONE  //  Research Article

New live attenuated tuberculosis vaccine MTBVAC induces trained immunity and confers protection against experimental lethal pneumonia

Raquel Tarancón, Santiago Uranga, Anaísa V. Ferreira, Laszlo A. Groh, Mirian Domenech, Fernando González-Camacho, Niels P. Riksen, Nacho Aguilo, José Yuste, Carlos Martín, Mihai G. Netea, Jorge Domínguez-Andrés

2020-04-02  //  PLOS PATHOGENS  //  Research Article

EXPRESSION OF Mycobacterium tuberculosis RpsA IN Mycobacterium smegmatis INCREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PYRAZINAMIDE

Ricardo Antiparra, Marco Santos, Angie Toledo, Robert H. Gilman, Daniela E. Kirwan, Patricia Sheen, Mirko Zimic

2020-04-21  //  BIORXIV  //  Research Article