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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis in otherwise healthy adults with inherited TNF deficiency
Human participants Both the patients and the relatives studied are alive and being followed up in Colombia. They…
Landmark study highlights power of vaccination
A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an…
Owlstone Medical secures $6.5 million to support development of breath-based diagnostics for infectious disease
Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine,…
Undernourished household contacts three times more likely to develop TB
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), is distinct from most germs in its capacity to silently…
WHO publishes report introducing updated terminology for airborne pathogens
Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation…
The path to a better tuberculosis vaccine runs through Montana
A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine…
Global disease burden study highlights COVID-19 impact and health inequities
Rates of early death and poor health caused by HIV/AIDS and diarrhea have been cut in half since…
Global increase in deaths from viral hepatitis revealed in WHO report
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the number of lives lost due to…
New study finds interferon-γ release assays more effective than skin tests in predicting tuberculosis
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers compared the performance of tuberculin skin test (TST)…
Tuberculosis linked to increased risk of cancer, study finds
A population-wide observational study to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases…