Childhood tuberculosis outbreak in Africa: is it a matter of concern?

Olivier Uwishema; Anushree Rai; Aderinto Nicholas; Mortada Abbass; Lama Uweis; Sara Arab; Rayyan El Saleh; Irem Adanur; Daniel Stephen Masunga; Abubakar Nazir

doi:10.1097/JS9.0000000000000140

Childhood tuberculosis outbreak in Africa: is it a matter of concern?

Int J Surg. 2023 May 1;109(5):1539-1542. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000140.

Authors

Olivier Uwishema^{1

2

3}, Anushree Rai^{1

4}, Aderinto Nicholas^{1

5}, Mortada Abbass^{1

6}, Lama Uweis^{1

6}, Sara Arab^{1

6}, Rayyan El Saleh^{1

6}, Irem Adanur^{1

3}, Daniel Stephen Masunga^{1

7}, Abubakar Nazir^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ Oli Health Magazine Organization, Research and Education, Kigali, Rwanda.
² Clinton Global Initiative University, New York, New York, USA.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
⁴ Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁷ Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Moshi, Tanzania.
⁸ Department of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.

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MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Child
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis* / epidemiology