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Approximately 2 billion people suffer from Tuberculosis each year. Tuberculosis or simply TB is an infectious and highly contagious disease of the body especially lungs. It spreads mainly via Mycobacterium tuberculosis which is a tough and highly resistant microbe.

Tuberculosis is a serious, infectious and often fatal disease of the lungs. It can also affect other parts of the body. But the most common type of Tuberculosis is pulmonary Tuberculosis. It is more common in women than in men. The causative agent is a Gram-positive bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Tuberculosis or simply TB is a spreadable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This organism has a hard, waxy cell wall that makes it highly resistant to unfavorable environments and drugs. It evades the mucus lining of the windpipe and enters the lungs.

The goal of treating Tuberculosis is to protect the patient from possible disability and death. Another objective is to reduce the spread of Tuberculosis infection to others. TB may be a stubborn infection but with the right measures at the right time, it can be cured.

A UK study has shown potential for a new blood test to diagnose human tuberculosis (TB) and identify those most at risk of developing the disease.

University of Queensland (UQ) scientists are honing in on drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), in a project which could lead to new antibiotics. The UQ team has identified four new classes of compounds which act against TB bacteria, and hopes commercialisati

The first category is pulmonary tuberculosis, which allows bacteria to spread easily from an infected person to a healthy person who inhales the infected air because of an infected person's coughing or sneezing.

303: Tuberculosis (N) is organized by Medical Education Systems (MedEdSys), Inc. Identify the CDC guidelines for mandatory reporting requirements of TB.

Ending the TB epidemic will require an accelerated, collaborative global effort from diverse scientific disciplines, Read this blog for latest national-strategic-plan-for-tuberculosis-elimination.

The BCG vaccine (which stands for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine) protects against Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB is a serious infection which affects the lungs, but it can affect other parts of the body such as the bones, joints and kidneys. It can also cause meningitis.

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