Active tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by the TB bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Active TB can spread from person to person, typically through the air. If infected, active, or alive, TB bacteria grow in the human host, destroying tissues and cells throughout the body.
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Date: December 01, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00pm (EST), 4:00pm (CET) Achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets is in danger. Gaps are attributed to reaching key populations and equitable...
Date: April 19, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Once upon a time, there were three public health labs. These labs were busy serving their states when, out of nowhere, a...
Date: March 24, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) In 2019, roughly 10 million people developed Tuberculosis (TB) globally and 1.4 million of them died, which makes it one of the top 1...
DATE: August 11, 2020 TIME: 8:00am PDT The goal of TB elimination, less than 1 case per million people per year, can only be achieved through a concerted effort to detect and treat persons i...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the No.1 cause of death due to a single infectious agent in the world today. According to the global report from World Health Organization, one third of world population...
DATE: April 30, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDTIumour-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are of increasing interest as a resource of diagnostic biomarkers. However, most EV assays require large...
The WHO has set ambitious targets for eliminating TB in low-incidence countries such as the US and Canada. While it’s true that the majority of TB cases in these settings arise from rea...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the No.1 cause of death due to a single infectious agent in the world today. According to the global report from World Health Organization, one third of world population...
QuantiFERON TB (QFT) was the first interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) utilizing whole blood stimulation as a test for TB infection, gaining FDA approval in 2001. Subsequently there have be...