Items tagged with TB epidemiology
Tuberculosis cases declining in Azerbaijan (post)
Tuberculosis is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide from a single infectious agent, according to the World Health Organization.
Spread of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa (post)
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While Canada screens all immigrants for TB, vast majority of cases come from a handful of countries, landmark 10-year study finds (post)
While Canada screens all immigrants for tuberculosis, the vast majority of active cases of the disease are found in people arriving from a handful of countries where TB is prevalent, new research suggests.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global crisis. Why are we doing so little to fight it? (post)
Here in the waiting room of Helen Joseph Hospital, a cough never sounds like just a cough. It’s more like the audio accompaniment for a glimpse at what may be the most sustained medical catastrophe of our time. A throng of new patients are spectral figures, the latest victims of what public-health officials dub a “co-epidemic” of tuberculosis and HIV. The patients’ off-white masks flutter whenever they break into that distinctive guttural bark, followed by a raspy rattle in the throat. Linger long enough in this room and you’ll hear prayers offered: “Please, Jesus, let this be a case of ordinary tuberculosis.” Rising numbers of patients are infected with strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to commonly used medications. Treatment, then, will be longer, more punishing, and less effective.
New research traces origins of drug-resistant TB to the 1950s in KZN (post)
The emergence of drug resistance is threatening the control of tuberculosis in South Africa and other parts of the world. Researchers from K-RITH and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have traced the roots of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to the late 1950s. Their findings, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, have vital implications for the way we understand how XDR strains are spread, and the management and treatment of TB in South Africa and elsewhere in the world.
Tuberculosis in England: annual report (post)
This report presents detailed data on TB case notifications made to the Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance system (ETS) by nurses, physicians, microbiologists and surveillance officers in England.
In Digital India, TB still makes public health care cough blood (post)
The general mood in India over the past weeks has been pretty upbeat. With reports of Prime Minister Modi "conquering" the Silicon Valley, and with Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai making it big on the global stage, we can't stop gushing about how "India's time has finally come".
Why there might be more women suffering from tuberculosis in India than we think (post)
One of Asia’s largest facility for treating tuberculosis, the 1,200-bed hospital in central Mumbai’s Sewri area, is a relic of the British Raj. It has high ceilings and open corridors, it is airy and quite unlike other public hospitals which are teeming with people all the time. It has nine wards, only three of which are dedicated to women. There is usually an eerie quietness in these wards, even during visiting hours, as many women patients do not get visitors for weeks on end.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis – London’s shame (post)
27 October 2015 - Tuberculosis (TB) poses a highly significant public health challenge in the capital today [2]. A significant minority of Londoners don’t know how TB is transmitted or what the symptoms are.
Russian incidence of tuberculosis falls by 30% over 10 years (post)
Russian incidence of tuberculosis has fallen by 30 percent over the past 10 years, the country's health minister said Friday, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
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