To commemorate World TB Day, the editors of Clinical Infectious Diseases and the Journal of Infectious Diseases have made various articles about tuberculosis freely available until the end of March.  Topics range from recent advances in TB diagnostics, to new TB drugs, to how smoking affects TB susceptibility.

Both journals are publications of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association.

Clinical Infectious Diseases articles:

Recent Advances in the Laboratory Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Drug Resistance

Risk of Progression to Active Tuberculosis Following Reinfection With Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Relationship Between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phylogenetic Lineage and Clinical Site of Tuberculosis

Editorial Commentary: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage—What’s in Your Lungs?

The Journal of Infectious Diseases articles:

Risk Factors for Tuberculosis After Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in the United States and Canada: Implications for Tuberculosis Screening

Cigarette Smoke Increases Susceptibility to Tuberculosis—Evidence From In Vivo and In Vitro Models

New drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis: needs, challenges, promise and prospects for the future