Sex Differences in the Global Burden of Tuberculosis
September 29, 2021
Saurabh Mehta in Lancet
Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. This Lancet article assesses the levels and trends of the global burden of tuberculosis, with an emphasis on investigating differences in sex by HIV status for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.