(HealthDay)—Guidelines have been updated for screening and treatment for tuberculosis (TB) infection among health care personnel, according to research published in the May 17 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
May 17, 2019
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Statens Serum Institut and Aeras today announce the initiation of the first Phase I clinical trial of a new candidate TB vaccine designed to protect people latently infected with TB from developing active TB disease. The ...
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UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis—the bacterium that causes tuberculosis—from developing the active form of the disease. ...
Aug 20, 2014
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The presence of a certain molecule allows the immune system to effectively police tuberculosis (TB) of the lungs and prevent it from turning into an active and deadly infection, according to a new study led by researchers ...
Jan 2, 2013
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The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight into how the pathogen manages to evade the immune system. Published today in the journal Nature Genetics, ...
Mar 16, 2015
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A year ago, Laura Hall felt tired all the time, was losing weight and had a bad cough.
May 16, 2016
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A study published recently in The Lancet has drawn the world's attention to the specter of particularly dangerous types of tuberculosis, called multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant, in four countries. The study ...
Aug 9, 2017
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Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV have a second line of defense against tuberculosis. The discovery could have significant impacts on future vaccines ...
Sep 6, 2016
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In India in 2021, an estimated 504,000 people died from tuberculosis, or TB. That's almost one per minute. More than a quarter of the estimated TB cases worldwide are in India.
May 4, 2022
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A 20-year study by James Cook University scientists has found a strong link between diabetes and tuberculosis in tropical Australia.
Jul 27, 2015
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