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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affected more than 50 million people and killed 6.7 million patients alone in the past 5 years. Additionally, the rising incidence of treatment resistance threatens the global effort to eradicate this disease.
Lee & Pethe 2022 Expert Opin. Investig. Drugs 31: 139-144

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It attacks the lungs and other organs. It is a common infectious disease worldwide. The WHO's 2020 report states that a quarter of the world’s population was infected. About 1.4 million people died of TB. TB is a major public health concern. It needs cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies.
Liu et al. 2021h

Active tuberculosis (TB) patients typically show symptoms such as persis…