Rapid progress has been made in the development of new diagnostic assays for tuberculosis
in recent years. New technologies have been developed and assessed, and are now …

Mass gatherings at major international sporting events put millions of international travelers
and local host-country residents at risk of acquiring infectious diseases, including locally …

Recent data for the global burden of disease reflect major demographic and lifestyle
changes, leading to a rise in non-communicable diseases. Most countries with high levels of …

The October 2020 Global TB report reviews TB control strategies and United Nations (UN)
targets set in the political declaration at the September 2018 UN General Assembly high-level …

… We used Fisher's exact test with mid-p correction for comparisons between proportions,
and the Mann-Whitney test to compare differences in morbidity. We assessed inter-rater …

Nearly two years since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which has caused over 5
million deaths, the world continues to be on high COVID-19 alert. The World Health …

… C Chintu, K Lishimpi, G Bhat, and P Mwaba provided clinical care and counselling, and
recruited patients. A Nunn provided statistical expertise and data management. F Kasolo and H …

Background: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted to estimate
the efficacy of preventive therapy for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected adults in Lusaka, …

Two decades ago, WHO declared tuberculosis a global emergency, and invested in the highly
cost-effective directly observed treatment short-course programme to control the epidemic…

Background Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for more than 100,000 human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)–related deaths per year. We tested two treatment strategies that could be …