India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs
Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 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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New tuberculosis research movement needed
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Christian Lienhardt from the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland and colleagues announce that the Stop TB Partnership and the WHO Stop TB Department have launched the TB Research Movement.
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Nov 30, 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.
Addiction
Oct 05, 2011 |
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