[Comment] Understanding tuberculosis transmission might be the gamechanger we need

Despite being a familiar and ancient disease, tuberculosis has the ignominy of also being the leading infectious cause of death.1 Although there are many complex reasons for this unenviable position, a notable one is that much about it is still unknown. The main thrust of the response to the tuberculosis epidemic has been attempts to refine existing therapies and to develop new drugs and diagnostics. However, another key pillar in tackling any epidemic is arresting transmission, but measures to interrupt the transmission of tuberculosis have proven more elusive than might have been expected for a disease that has been around for so long.

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