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New test for tuberculosis could improve treatment, prevent deaths in Southern Africa
A new rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) could substantially and cost-effectively reduce TB deaths and improve treatment in southern Africa—a region where both HIV and tuberculosis are common—according to a new study by ...
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Nov 20, 2012 |
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Tuberculosis's genetic 'family tree' may hold the key to tackling outbreaks quickly and effectively
Researchers, led by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the Health Protection Agency in Birmingham and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, have pioneered the whole genome sequencing ...
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Nov 14, 2012 |
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India wages hi-tech war on ancient TB scourge
(AP)—Shammo Khan walks into a dusty courtyard that reeks of garbage, searching for the fingerprint of a man exhausted by HIV, drug withdrawal and the tuberculosis lesions hijacking his lungs.
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Nov 11, 2012 |
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TB fight making progress, but more funds needed, WHO reports
The war on tuberculosis is getting new weapons for the first time in decades, offering hope for controlling the deadly disease but major funding shortfalls threaten progress, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Oct 17, 2012 |
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Urgent need for tuberculosis vaccines; experts report progress, obstacles in growing drug resistance
Drawing on recent findings of a significant rise in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK and globally, top TB researchers at a briefing today in London called for greater focus on the quest for new vaccines—a ...
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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Rats recruited to hunt for TB in Mozambique
A swarm of trained rats is on its way to Mozambique to help the country's over-stretched health system detect tuberculosis in patients, officials said Friday.
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Oct 12, 2012 |
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Tracking and treating tuberculosis in developing countries
A patient in rural Uganda is diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), but never begins treatment. In Hanoi, Vietnam, someone with infectious TB might never be diagnosed because the health center where she would ...
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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New medicine might fight drug-resistant TB, study says
(HealthDay) -- More than four decades after the last introduction of fresh treatments for tuberculosis, a new medication for multidrug-resistant strains of the global scourge has shown promise in a multinational ...
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Jun 06, 2012 |
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U.S. tuberculosis cases hit record low, CDC says
(HealthDay) -- Tuberculosis rates fell to an all-time low in the United States in 2011, but the disease continues to disproportionately infect racial and ethnic minorities, those who are foreign-born and people ...
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Mar 22, 2012 |
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Management of TB cases falls short of international standards
The management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research.
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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Decrease in observed rate of TB at a time of economic recession
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. is reported as being on the decrease, however untreated infected people act as a reservoir for disease. Any pool of the world's population harboring this disease gives cause ...
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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Tuberculosis cases decline worldwide: WHO
For the first time on record, fewer people worldwide are getting sick from tuberculosis, but cash is short in the fight against drug-resistant forms of the disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Oct 11, 2011 |
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Smoking could lead to 40 million excess tuberculosis deaths by 2050
Between 2010 and 2050, smoking could be responsible for 40 million excess deaths from tuberculosis (TB), according to research published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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