Strong effect of demographic changes on Tuberculosis susceptibility in South Africa.

• Main Authors: Oshiomah P Oyageshio (Author), Justin W Myrick (Author), Jamie Saayman (Author), Lena van der Westhuizen (Author), Dana R Al-Hindi (Author), Austin W Reynolds (Author), Noah Zaitlen (Author), Eileen G Hoal (Author), Caitlin Uren (Author), Marlo Möller (Author), Brenna M Henn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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South Africa is among the world's top eight tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and despite a focus on HIV-TB co-infection, most of the population living with TB are not HIV co-infected. The disease is endemic across the country, with 80-90% exposure by adulthood. We investigated epidemiologica...