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Target product profiles: tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and optimization

Gupta-Wright A, den Boon S, MacLean E, Cirillo DM, Cobelens F,  et al.
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has developed target product profiles containing minimum and optimum targets for key characteristics for tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and opt...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages

Stucki D, Brites D, Jeljeli L, Coscolla M, Liu Q,  et al.
2016-10-31 • Nature Genetics
2016-10-31 • Nature Genetics
Generalist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collectio...
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MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network

Migliori GB, Tiberi S, Zumla A, Petersen E, Chakaya JM,  et al.
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The continuous flow of new research articles on MDR-TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation requires frequent update of existing guidelines. This review is aimed at provid...
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Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

Merker M, Blin C, Mona S, Duforet-Frebourg N, Lecher S,  et al.
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia. Here w...
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Commentary

Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

Lonnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, DAmbrosio L, de Vries G,  et al.
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework set...
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Short Report

Defining the Needs for Next Generation Assays for Tuberculosis

Denkinger CM, Kik S, Cirillo DM, Casenghi M, Shinnick T,  et al.
2015-04-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2015-04-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
To accelerate the fight against tuberculosis, major diagnostic challenges need to be addressed urgently. Post-2015 targets are unlikely to be met without the use of novel diagnostics tha...