Lefteris Pitarakis An unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis across the country last year has now been traced back to the leg bone of a sick, elderly man whose tissue was donated for transplantation ...

B cells are important in tuberculosis (TB) immunity, but their role in the human lung is understudied. Here, we characterize B cells from lung tissue and matched blood of patients with TB and found ...

Diagnosis is the weakest aspect of tuberculosis (TB) care and control. We describe seven critical transitions that can close the massive TB diagnostic gap and enable TB programmes worldwide to recover ...

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...

A TB blood test is a diagnostic test to detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). These tests use a sample of blood to check for an immune ...

Protocol can be used in children and pregnant women ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that attacks the lungs, though it can affect almost any body area. Two types of tests can identify a TB infection, but how often you should get a ...

8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Despite being preventable and curable, ...

There’s a vaccine available for tuberculosis. However, it’s not commonly given in the United States. One reason why is that tuberculosis is no longer as common in the United States as it once was.

A Tamil Nadu model that relies on simple bedside checks — and no lab tests — performs as well as the more complex national ...