The hidden threat of subclinical tuberculosis

Despite the UN's resolution of ending tuberculosis infection by 2035, it remains a major public health challenge. Tuberculosis used to be the leading cause of death in infectious diseases and became the second after COVID-19 during the pandemic. In 2022, there were 7·5 million new tuberculosis cases reported globally and 1·3 million deaths caused by tuberculosis.1 In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Logan Stuck and colleagues present a comprehensive meta-analysis of subclinical tuberculosis based on individual participants' data from 12 nationally representative surveys in Africa and Asia.