Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and health-related quality of life, according to a cross-sectional comparative study published in Thorax.
“Lung development begins in utero and continues into early adulthood before declining from about 20 to 25 years of age. Consequently, early insults to the lungs have been shown to affect lung growth and development adversely,” Esin Nkereuwem, MD, of the vaccines and immunity theme at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical