Mycobacterium tuberculosis cough aerosol culture status associates with host characteristics and inflammatory profiles

Abstract Interrupting transmission events is critical to tuberculosis control. Cough-generated aerosol cultures predict tuberculosis transmission better than microbiological or clinical markers. We hypothesize that highly infectious individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (positive for cough aerosol...

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Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Videlis Nduba, Lilian N. Njagi, Wilfred Murithi, Zipporah Mwongera, Jodi Byers, Gisella Logioia, Glenna Peterson, R. Max Segnitz, Kevin Fennelly, Thomas R. Hawn, David J. Horne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-09-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52122-x