Tuberculin conversion and tuberculosis disease in infants and young children from the Drakenstein Child Health Study: A call to action

Abstract

Although tuberculosis (TB) is widely acknowledged as a major driver of global morbidity and mortality in adults, the disease’s impact on children has been underappreciated. Global estimates of mortality among children aged <5 years, derived largely from vital registration and verbal autopsy records, have excluded paediatric TB as a contributing cause.