Items tagged with TB epidemiology
TB drug resistance in Bamako, Mali, from 2006 to 2014 (post)
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New study finds that TB bacteria may adapt to ecological niches (post)
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and now, a research team studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterial samples from around the world have found that while some strains are generalists found worldwide, others are specialists that only exist in certain ecological niches.
CDC: Reported TB in the United States, 2015 (post)
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released provisional 2015 surveillance data on reported tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States. The full report, entitled Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2015, is now available online.
Person-to-person MDR-TB transmission drives epidemic in China (post)
Recent data from a population-based, observational study in China revealed that patients were more likely to develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from person-to-person transmission than from inadequate treatment.
Migrant crisis in Europe compounded by MDR-TB (post)
Evidence-based strategies are urgently needed for detecting, preventing and treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among migrant populations in low-incidence countries in Europe, according to a narrative review published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Study provides new evidence on role of person-to person transmission in drug-resistant TB (post)
A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is spread from person-to-person in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa from 2011-2014. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from Emory University, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and was funded by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. It builds on a growing body of evidence showing that person-to-person transmission, not just inadequate treatment, is driving the spread of drug-resistant TB.
Kenya rolls out first survey on TB prevalence (post)
Kenya’s health ministry is carrying out a tuberculosis prevalence survey that will determine the accurate burden of TB in Kenya and inform policy formulation.
TB still leading cause of death, says Stats SA (post)
Tuberculosis accounted for 7.2 percent of all deaths in 2016 followed by diabetes mellitus with 5.4 percent.
ECDC report: Molecular typing for surveillance of multidrug-resistant TB in the EU/EEA (post)
The report describes the geographical and temporal distribution of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) using molecular typing data reported by European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) Member States for 2015 and the preceding years.
TAC survey: TB infection control falls short in many clinics (post)
JOHANNESBURG, THURSDAY 23rd MARCH: In the run up to World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) assessed the state of TB infection control in a number of clinics across South Africa. Of 158 facilities assessed, 114 were found to be in a “RED” state with very poor infection control measures in place.
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