Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world.
Obsolete treatments, the lack of an effective vaccine, and the lack of suitable diagnostic tools make it difficult to control the global TB epidemic. Some gains have been made in recent years but the harsh reality remains—according to the World Health Organization 10 million people fell sick with TB in 2019, over 200,000 people developed drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), which is much harder to treat, and 1.4 million people died from TB. The majority of people with TB go undiagnosed and therefore untreated.