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Health Care Barriers for Undocumented Immigrants: Raising Tuberculosis Risk?
A new study raises the question, do barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants increase the public health risk of tuberculosis? The study, published in the November 15, 2008 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and now available online, suggests that undocumented immigrants with tuberculosis have symptoms longer before seeking care than... view more... (2008-10-30)
UA researchers identify new adherence factor, Pili, produced by tuberculosis
Researchers at The University of Arizona College of Medicine's Department of Immunobiology have discovered that the agent that causes tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, produces a new type of virulence factor called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pili (MTP). Their findings suggest that MTP could be a promising, new TB-vaccine candidate. view more (2007-03-06)
New test quickly ID's active TB in smear-negative patients
Active tuberculosis can be rapidly identified in patients with negative sputum tests by a new method, according to European researchers. Active tuberculosis (TB) is the seventh-leading cause of death worldwide, and while the diagnosis of active TB can be rapidly established when the bacteria can be identified on sputum microscopy, in about half of... view more... (2009-09-23)
Seeking to create better drugs, researchers chip away at how tuberculosis survives inside human defense cells
Cornell researchers are using advanced genetic techniques to better understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defense cells that engulf them. view more (2007-12-26)
Tuberculosis drug shows promise against latent bacteria
A new study has shown that an investigational drug (R207910, currently in clinical trials against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis strains) is quite effective at killing latent bacteria. This revelation suggests that R207910 may lead to improved and shortened treatments for this globally prevalent disease. view more (2008-09-15)
2005 global tuberculosis targets may be out of reach (p 814)
An article in this week's issue of THE LANCET cautions that key targets for tuberculosis control-due to be reached by next year-are unlikely to be met unless renewed strategic action and financial support can be secured. Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death among adults in less-developed countries; incidence is rising in sub-Saharan... view more... (2004-03-03)
TB treatment delays in Taiwan
Older people suffer delayed tuberculosis treatment. A Taiwanese study of 78,118 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases, reported in the open access journal BMC Public Health has found that older people had both diagnosis and treatment delays in tuberculosis and those with an aboriginal background had a longer treatment delay. view more (2009-02-18)
New cases of tuberculosis up by 11 per cent in five years
The numbers of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England and Wales have risen by 11 per cent in five years, shows a national survey published this week in Thorax. The largest increases have occurred in urban areas. Over half of all patients were born outside the UK. The survey, a joint project between the Public Health Laboratory Service, the... view more... (2001-02-14)
Are we winning against TB?
A TB expert at the University of Leicester has warned: "We are not winning against tuberculosis." Mike Barer, Professor of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, said: "The Chief Medical Officer urged us to "get ahead of the curve" in his report on infection earlier this year. We are... view more... (2002-10-07)
New international standards for tuberculosis care published
Led by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a consortium of international health agencies today published on the World Wide Web the first International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC). view more (2006-03-23)
Disease-impact models may rely on incorrect assumptions
Even when we know how a disease affects individual animals, it is challenging to predict what impact it will have on the whole population, and yet predicting how disease affects a population is a primary concern for wildlife conservation and even public health. view more (2006-04-13)
The Role Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Malaria, And Tuberculosis On The Hiv-1/Aids Epidemic In Africa (p 2177)
The effect of HIV-1 on other infectious diseases in Africa is an increasing public health concern. In a review in this week's issue of THE LANCET, Elizabeth Corbett from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and the Harare Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe, and colleagues describe the role that three major... view more... (2002-06-19)
PRESS BRIEFING: Revolutionary Blood Test For Early And Accurate Diagnosis Of TB
When? Thursday 12th August, 9am (breakfast will be provided) What? The launch, by Oxford Immunotec, of the revolutionary T SPOT-TB test for the early and accurate detection and diagnosis of tuberculosis, which has recently received regulatory approval for sale across Europe. A leading panel of experts, including Professor Peter Davies (Director... view more... (2004-08-05)
Harvard scientists solve mystery about why HIV patients are more susceptible to TB infection
A team of Harvard scientists has taken an important first step toward the development of new treatments to help people with HIV battle Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. view more (2009-07-01)
New potential drug target in tuberculosis
Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest threats to public health. Every year two million people die of the disease, which is caused by the microorganism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. view more (2006-05-30)
Discovery of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way for New TB Drugs
A team of University of Maryland scientists has paved the way for the development of new drug therapies to combat active and asymptomatic (latent) tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism of an enzyme in M. tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes the disease. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry... view more... (2009-03-30)
Update on tuberculosis - 2005
A reduction in tuberculosis (TB) incidence, prevalence and death rate can be achieved by 2015 in most parts of the world, with the greatest challenges occurring in Africa and Eastern Europe, according to a projection by the Stop TB Department of the World Health Organization. view more (2006-03-01)
Hope For South Africa - At Last (p 501)
This week's editorial urges the South African Government to implement new recommendations to provide antiretroviral treatment to tackle the country's grave HIV/AIDS epidemic. Three recent developments are detailed that offer some hope to the nearly 5 million South Africans living with HIV/AIDS: the authority of a South African drug company to... view more... (2003-08-13)
Should compulsory screening of immigrants be part of UK public health policy?
The UK government may be considering compulsory screening of immigrants for tuberculosis and HIV, yet compulsory screening is not based on adequate evidence and has practical and ethical problems, argues a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. view more (2004-02-05)
Transmission of tuberculosis is linked to historical patterns of human migration
In this study, a team of scientists led by Dr. Igor Mokrousov from St. Petersburg's Pasteur Institute demonstrated that the evolutionary history of the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) has been shaped by human migration patterns. view more (2005-09-27)
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