Taenia solium neurocysticercosis is a common cause of epileptic seizures and other neurological
morbidity in most developing countries. It is also an increasingly common diagnosis in …

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

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

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic enzymes that have a number of
important physiological roles including remodelling of the extracellular matrix, facilitating …

Background Institutional tuberculosis (TB) transmission is an important public health problem
highlighted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the emergence of multidrug- and extensively …

Background 258 million people reside outside their country of birth; however, to date no
global systematic reviews or meta-analyses of mortality data for these international migrants …

Most individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop a latent infection, which
does not progress to active tuberculosis (TB). This occurs, in part, because infected …

Background Globally, there are more than 150 million international migrant workers—individuals
who are employed outside of their country of origin—comprising the largest …

Major epidemics, including some that qualify as pandemics, such as severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), HIV, influenza A (H1N1)pdm/…

Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic infectious disease of global importance, is facing the emergence
of drug-resistant strains with few new drugs to treat the infection. Pulmonary cavitation, the …