Commemorating World TB Day 2020: "IT'S TIME" - It's time to End the Global TB Epidemic

Simon Tiberi¹, Giovanni Battista Migliori², Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya³, Tereza Kaesava⁴, Seif Salem Al Abri⁵, Christian Wejse⁶, Delia Goletti⁷, Nathan Kapata⁸, Giovanni Sotgiu⁹, Jamshed Bomanji¹⁰, Jean-Pierre Zellweger¹¹, Rumina Hasan¹², Muhammad Irfan¹³, Imran Ahmed¹⁴, Natalia Pshenichnaya¹⁵, Irina Vasilieva¹⁶, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu¹⁷, Jan-Willem Alffenaar¹⁸, Hannah Yejin Kim¹⁹, Rosella Centis²⁰, Daniela Maria Cirillo²¹, Riccardo Alagna²², Lia D'Ambrosio²³, Xiaojing Cui²⁴, Bin Cao²⁵, Markus Maeurer²⁶, Anthony D Harries²⁷, Giuseppe Ippolito²⁸, Mario Raviglione²⁹, Alimuddin Zumla³⁰, Eskild Petersen³¹

Affiliations

¹ Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Division of Infection, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: simon.tiberi@nhs.net.
² Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Roncaccio 16, Tradate, Varese, 21049, Italy. Electronic address: giovannibattista.migliori@icsmaugeri.it.
³ Department of Medicine, Therapeutics, Dermatology and Psychiatry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address: chakaya.jm@gmail.com.
⁴ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: kasaevat@who.int.
⁵ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: salabri@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Infectious Disease, Aarhus University Hospital and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: wejse@dadlnet.dk.
⁷ Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani" IRCCS, Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: delia.goletti@inmi.it.
⁸ UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia; Zambia National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
⁹ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: gsotgiu@uniss.it.
¹⁰ Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jamshedbomanji@nhs.net.
¹¹ Swiss Lung Association, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: zellwegerjp@swissonline.ch.
¹² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: rumina.hasan@aku.edu.
¹³ Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: muhammad.irfan@aku.edu.
¹⁴ The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: imran.haq@aku.edu.
¹⁵ Rostov State Medical University, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
¹⁶ National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: vasil39@list.ru.
¹⁷ Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana. Electronic address: dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.dh.
¹⁸ Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: j.w.c.alffenaar@umcg.nl.
¹⁹ Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: hannah.kim@sydney.edu.au.
²⁰ Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Roncaccio 16, Tradate, Varese, 21049, Italy. Electronic address: rosella.centis@icsmaugeri.it.
²¹ Emerging Pathogens Unit, TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: cirillo.daniela@hsr.it.
²² Emerging Pathogens Unit, TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: alagna.riccardo@hsr.it.
²³ Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland. Electronic address: liadambrosio59@gmail.com.
²⁴ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, No 2, Beijing, China. Electronic address: cuixiaojing86@163.com.
²⁵ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, No 2, Beijing, China. Electronic address: caobin_ben@163.com.
²⁶ Immunotherapy Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal; I Med Clinic, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: markus.maeurer@fundacaochampalimaud.pt.
²⁷ Centre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. Electronic address: adharries@theunion.org.
²⁸ National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS- Via Portuense, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.ippolito@inmi.it.
²⁹ University of Milan, Italy, and Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: raviglionemc@gmail.com.
³⁰ Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.
³¹ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.

PMID: 32145464
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.001

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Commemorating World TB Day 2020: "IT'S TIME" - It's time to End the Global TB Epidemic

Simon Tiberi et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar.

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. 2020 Mar:92S:S1-S4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

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Affiliations

¹ Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Division of Infection, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: simon.tiberi@nhs.net.
² Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Roncaccio 16, Tradate, Varese, 21049, Italy. Electronic address: giovannibattista.migliori@icsmaugeri.it.
³ Department of Medicine, Therapeutics, Dermatology and Psychiatry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address: chakaya.jm@gmail.com.
⁴ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: kasaevat@who.int.
⁵ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: salabri@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Infectious Disease, Aarhus University Hospital and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: wejse@dadlnet.dk.
⁷ Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani" IRCCS, Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: delia.goletti@inmi.it.
⁸ UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia; Zambia National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
⁹ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: gsotgiu@uniss.it.
¹⁰ Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jamshedbomanji@nhs.net.
¹¹ Swiss Lung Association, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: zellwegerjp@swissonline.ch.
¹² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: rumina.hasan@aku.edu.
¹³ Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: muhammad.irfan@aku.edu.
¹⁴ The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: imran.haq@aku.edu.
¹⁵ Rostov State Medical University, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
¹⁶ National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: vasil39@list.ru.
¹⁷ Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana. Electronic address: dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.dh.
¹⁸ Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: j.w.c.alffenaar@umcg.nl.
¹⁹ Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: hannah.kim@sydney.edu.au.
²⁰ Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Roncaccio 16, Tradate, Varese, 21049, Italy. Electronic address: rosella.centis@icsmaugeri.it.
²¹ Emerging Pathogens Unit, TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: cirillo.daniela@hsr.it.
²² Emerging Pathogens Unit, TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: alagna.riccardo@hsr.it.
²³ Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland. Electronic address: liadambrosio59@gmail.com.
²⁴ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, No 2, Beijing, China. Electronic address: cuixiaojing86@163.com.
²⁵ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, No 2, Beijing, China. Electronic address: caobin_ben@163.com.
²⁶ Immunotherapy Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal; I Med Clinic, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: markus.maeurer@fundacaochampalimaud.pt.
²⁷ Centre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. Electronic address: adharries@theunion.org.
²⁸ National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS- Via Portuense, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.ippolito@inmi.it.
²⁹ University of Milan, Italy, and Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: raviglionemc@gmail.com.
³⁰ Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.
³¹ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.