Tuberculosis (TB), a major global health issue, affects millions worldwide with latent and active infections. This airborne ...

Stay informed about the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City. Learn about the symptoms, confirmed cases, and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, being one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases. The causative agent, ...

Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Pandemic This month marks the 100-year anniversary of BCG, still the only approved vaccine against the lethal pathogen. But there are new vaccines for this wily foe on the ...

An outbreak of the infectious lung disease TB in Kansas is one of the largest ever recorded in the US. As of January 24, ...

But if a person's immune system becomes weakened, as in the case of HIV/AIDS patients, the TB pathogen asserts itself, and nearly 40 percent will develop active TB. The rate of tuberculosis ...

Genome variation in both humans and TB bacteria may affect different phenotype and treatment. This large-scale study will analyze the variation of both host and pathogen genomes among TB patients, ...

M. tuberculosis, the etiological agent of TB is one of the most effective human pathogens and is responsible for 2.2 million deaths every year (1 death every 10 seconds). It is estimated that a total ...

Activities include the investigation of the host-pathogen interaction, of the evolution of antibiotic resistance and of the host immune responses to infection and evaluations of TB initiatives and ...