{
  "abstract": "Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease - perhaps this best known of TB statistics is also the most overlooked among low burden countries of the West. During the industrial revolution of the early 19th century, TB was responsible for roughly one in four deaths across Europe1 2—a public health crisis reversed through systematic improvements in housing, working conditions, nutrition and crucially, the mid-20th century discovery of effective antituberculous chemotherapy.2 3 Today, drug-sensitive TB is fully curable, rendering most TB deaths preventable. And yet, the latest UK Health Security Agency report documents 215 deaths in people diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB in 2023, with TB causing or contributing to death in approximately half.4 Why then, does preventable TB mortality persist in a low-burden high-resource setting such as the UK?",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Respiratory Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Natalia Grolmusova"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Respiratory Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Pranabashis Haldar"
    }
  ],
  "title": "When tuberculosis is diagnosed after death: learning from those we have failed",
  "uid": "cd2762ea-bf4d-55db-8174-5040f95ff554"
}