During adolescence, tuberculosis incidence rises, with a greater increase in males compared with females. Tuberculosis notifications and estimates infrequently disaggregate adolescent age groups. More...

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Data from randomized trials evaluating the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment for contacts of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB are lacking. Two recently published randomized trials...

Participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis incidence and mortality among Indigenous people, individuals of Black and Pardo ethnicity and those living in extreme poverty.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) killed 1·25 million people globally in 2023. Men have a 1·7-fold higher TB incidence than women, but it is not known to what exten

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) killed 1·25 million people globally in 2023. Men have a 1·7-fold higher TB incidence than women, but it is not known to what exten

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Background: Estimating the proportion of individuals currently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is key for informing global health policies. Altho

In 1957, Glasgow had the highest death rate from TB in Europe so health officials offered free prize draws for those who got X-rayed.