A study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)in KwaZulu province, South Africa, builds on a growing body of evidence showing person-to-person transmission, not just inadequate treatment, ...

San Antonio, Texas (February 15, 2020) - Researchers at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) may have found a new pathway to ...

The worldwide burden of childhood tuberculosis is twice as large as once thought, according to a new study that estimates nearly 1 million children become sick with the disease every year. TB is the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in the world from a single infectious disease, causing more deaths than HIV/AIDS. In 2017, 10 million people developed TB disease globally and an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of subclinical tuberculosis among people with HIV in a South African study was similar to the ...

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Medicine, researchers modeled changing patterns in sex- and age-stratified new and relapse tuberculosis (TB) case notifications reported to the World ...

In an advance that could change tuberculosis treatment worldwide, researchers in Seattle and South Africa have identified markers in the blood of infected people that may predict those at high risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The system outperformed human analyses by 9% and exceeded WHO requirements for non-sputum triage tests for TB.