Background Few studies have assessed the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic
countries and most of them are based on prevalence estimates from Latin American (LA) …

Unacceptable levels of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission are noted in high burden
settings and a renewed focus on reducing person-to-person transmission in these …

Tropical countries are experiencing a substantial rise in type 2 diabetes, which is often
undiagnosed or poorly controlled. Since diabetes is a risk factor for many infectious diseases, this …

Background New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of
tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis and …

Background In patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis, all-oral treatment regimens that
are more effective, shorter, and have a more acceptable side-effect profile than current …

Background Molecular diagnostics are considered the most promising route to achievement
of rapid, universal drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC…

In a retrospective analysis, paradoxical deterioration of lymph node tuberculosis in human
immunodeficiency virus-uninfected patients was common, occurring in 25 (23%) of 109 …

There is an urgent need for new tools to improve our ability to diagnose tuberculosis (TB)
and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in resource-poor settings. In a retrospective analysis …

Background .Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health
problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of …

Background Institutional transmission of airborne infections such as tuberculosis (TB) is an
important public health problem, especially in resource-limited settings where protective …