Liyan Mao

Jan 2, 2025 | journalofinfection.com | Lin Li |Liyan Mao |Juan Olivo |Shan Liu |Carlos Vergara |Qingbo Shu | +8 more

Keywords Pediatric tuberculosis Extrapulmonary tuberculosis Paucibacillary tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-derived peptide Non-sputum diagnostics Immuno-affinity liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry Introduction The number of children <15 years of age estimated to develop TB annually increased from 1 to 1·3 million between 2019 and 2022.1 Most of these children, especially those <5 years of age, are never diagnosed with TB and are thus excluded from global TB control...