WHO Reports 10% Rise in Tuberculosis Infections Among Children in Europe in 2023

According to the 2025 monitoring report by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of pediatric tuberculosis cases increased by 10% in 2023 compared to the previous year.In the European Union and the European Economic Area (EU/EEA), children under 15 years of age account for 4.3% of new and recurrent tuberculosis cases, marking the third consecutive year of growth. This al…

Decoding Tuberculosis: How M. tuberculosis Uses a Secretory Protein to Evade Immunity - BioPatrika

Author interview: Dr. Debraj Koiri is a Ph.D. scholar in the Membrane Biology Lab at the School of Biological Sciences, NISER. He earned his B.Sc. in Microbiology from the University of Kalyani and his M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Jadavpur University. His research focuses on understanding the role of Mycobacterium secretory components in evading phagosomal maturation […] The post Decoding Tuberculosis: How M. tuberculosis Uses a Secretory Protein…

Soluble immune mediators orchestrate protective in vitro granulomatous responses across Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages

The members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causing human tuberculosis comprise 10 phylogenetic lineages that differ in their geographical distribution. The human consequences of this phylogenetic diversity remain poorly understood. Here, we assessed the phenotypic properties at the host-pathogen interface of 14 clinical strains representing five major MTBC lineages. Using a human in vitro granuloma model combined with bacterial…

WHO Reports 10% Rise in Tuberculosis Infections Among Children in Europe in 2023

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday that tuberculosis (TB) infections among children in its European region rose by 10% in 2023, signaling ongoing transmission and the urgent need for public health measures to curb the spread. In 2023, more than 7,500 cases of TB were reported among children under the age of […] The post WHO Reports 10% Rise in Tuberculosis Infections Among Children in Europe in 2023 appeared first …