• Mycobacterium canettii ," an opportunistic human higher among expatriate than among Djiboutian patients pathogen living in an unknown environmental reservoir, is and that patients with M. canettii infection were significant- the progenitor species from which Mycobacterium tubercu- ly younger than those with M. tuberculosis infection ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • People infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV are much more likely to develop active tuberculosis (TB) than people with M. tuberculosis but without HIV [ 1 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Is the Subject Area "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" applicable to this article? (plos.org)
  • It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis . (encyclopedia.com)
  • In May, the hospital laboratory reported that the number of isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to multiple anti-TB drugs had increased during 1989 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
  • Damit neue wirtsgerichtete Therapien entwickelt werden können, mit denen das Immunsystem Mycobacterium tuberculosis besser bekämpfen kann, braucht es Wissen um die Interaktion zwischen Wirt und Erreger. (europa.eu)
  • Das EU-finanzierte Projekt Host-TB wird mithilfe der CRISPR-Genomeditierung eine genomweite Untersuchung von mit Mycobacterium tuberculosis infizierten menschlichen Makrophagen durchführen. (europa.eu)
  • In the present work, the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was standardized, and the laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis was evaluated comparing baciloscopy, culture and PCR tests. (scielo.br)
  • No presente trabalho, o método de detecção de Mycobacterium tuberculosis pela Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase (PCR) em amostras de escarro foi padronizado e o diagnóstico laboratorial da tuberculose pulmonar foi avaliado, comparando-se as metodologias de baciloscopia, cultura e PCR. (scielo.br)
  • Das 117 amostras analisadas, três (2,56%) apresentaram baciloscopia positiva e PCR positiva para M. tuberculosis (concordância de 100%), e nove (7,69%) tiveram crescimento de Mycobacterium sp. (scielo.br)
  • Coenzyme A (CoA) is a fundamental co-factor for all life, involved in numerous metabolic pathways and cellular processes, and its biosynthetic pathway has raised substantial interest as a drug target against multiple pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis . (nature.com)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes TB, has changed. (mondediplo.com)
  • At that time, most strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were susceptible to first-line tuberculosis drugs, and drug resistance was not a major issue. (nih.gov)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium that causes TB, is spread in airborne droplets when people with active disease cough or sneeze. (plos.org)
  • malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. (medrxiv.org)
  • Design We compared estimates of 12-month disease burdens in sub-Saharan African populations through mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost (DALYs) for COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, applying known age-related mortality to UN estimates of age structure. (medrxiv.org)
  • Results For sub-Saharan African populations north of South Africa, recorded COVID-19 DALYs lost in 2020 was 3.7%, 2.3% and 2.4% of those estimated for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria respectively. (medrxiv.org)
  • and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria helps us maintain strong relationships and collaborate efficiently for impact. (path.org)
  • Too often, people most affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are the same people who don't have access to health care. (theglobalfund.org)
  • Mark Dybul, Director of the Global Fund to Fight, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the side event: All In! (unaids.org)
  • An additional factor is the AIDS epidemic. (encyclopedia.com)
  • AIDS patients are much more likely to develop tuberculosis because of their weakened immune systems. (encyclopedia.com)
  • HIV and AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis in ethnic minorities in United Kingdom: Is surveillance serving its purpose? (bmj.com)
  • HIV infection and AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis have different incidence rates in different ethnic groups in the United Kingdom. (bmj.com)
  • Three public health problems with wide variation in incidence and prevalence across subpopulations in the United Kingdom are HIV infection and AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. (bmj.com)
  • There's a very large HIV/AIDS epidemic there. (kpbs.org)
  • It's been actually on the rise because of the co-infection with HIV/AIDS that is driving the epidemic particularly in Southern Africa. (kpbs.org)
  • The incidence of M kansasii infection increased with the burgeoning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (medscape.com)
  • Towards Ending the AIDS Epidemic among Adolescentsheld at UN, during the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 26, 2014, New York City. (unaids.org)
  • Global leaders have committed to take action towards ending the AIDS epidemic among adolescents. (unaids.org)
  • A global movement to advance efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic among adolescents is urgently needed as this is the only age group among which AIDS-related deaths are actually increasing. (unaids.org)
  • Learn about the early outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. (britannica.com)
  • It presents information on the diagnosis of AIDS when HIV testing is unavailable, the dual epidemic of HIV and tuberculosis, opportunistic infections and common treatments, basic nursing care for PLHA. (bvsalud.org)
  • Epidemic global spread began in the late 1970s, and AIDS was recognized in 1981. (msdmanuals.com)
  • nevertheless, important gaps remain to meet the World Health Organization's Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 . (msdmanuals.com)
  • In recent years, the Region of the Americas has advanced with unprecedented results in its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released information concerning the prevalence and costs of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • citation needed] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines epidemic broadly: "Epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area. (wikipedia.org)
  • Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of tuberculosis, including the medications used, have been established by the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). (medscape.com)
  • India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) is widely appreciated for having made a big contribution by expanding basic diagnostic and treatment services to cover 100% of the Indian population. (citizen-news.org)
  • The original National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) was grossly underfunded, and failed because of low rates of case detection and cure. (citizen-news.org)
  • 5.Programme of response to the epidemic. (who.int)
  • Two decades ago, WHO declared tuberculosis a global emergency, and invested in the highly cost-effective directly observed treatment short-course programme to control the epidemic. (nih.gov)
  • Title: Private practitioner's perception about Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme - challenge to ensure "ZERO TB" deaths Introduction: Globally Tuberculosis (TB) burden is well known and in India it is estimated that about 40% of population is infected with TB bacteria. (researchgate.net)
  • This definition could lead to misinterpretation of surveillance studies, incorrect evaluation of tuberculosis programmes, and delayed diagnosis and treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant disease. (sun.ac.za)
  • TB epidemic is exacerbated by the spread of multidrug-resistant TB. (europa.eu)
  • Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) is a recent development that has emerged only in the past 20 years as a frightening concomitant of drug development. (mondediplo.com)
  • However, in 2013, tuberculosis remains a major public health concern worldwide, with prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis rising. (nih.gov)
  • The positive test results came after health officials tested 150 people, 132 of them children, at the Charlotte school after an adult affiliated with both locations developed active tuberculosis. (ksl.com)
  • Citing privacy rules, neither Chen nor Kelso would provide an update on the health of the person found to have active tuberculosis. (ksl.com)
  • The radiograph shows a classic posterior segment right upper lobe density consistent with active tuberculosis. (medscape.com)
  • Just like the current coronavirus pandemic, other epidemics or pandemics can also be effectively dealt with if we are vigilant and catch the early symptoms. (ncvc.org)
  • Three pieces of epidemiological information were assessed: (i) the epidemic records containing the age-specific numbers of cases and deaths of influenza from 1918-19, (ii) an outbreak record of influenza in a Swiss TB sanatorium during the pandemic, and (iii) the age-dependent TB mortality over time in the early 20th century. (hindawi.com)
  • Such risk factors did not significantly influence the age-specific death patterns during other pandemics and inter-pandemic influenza epidemics. (hindawi.com)
  • Increased population movement, the continuing HIV pandemic, and the rise in MDR tuberculosis pose formidable challenges to the global control of tuberculosis. (nih.gov)
  • Although other more effective anti-tuberculosis drugs were developed in the following decades, the number of cases of TB in the United States began to rise again in the mid-1980s. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Smokers have shown to adhere less to treatment, and generate resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs and a relapse more frequently. (who.int)
  • Pharmacogenetic studies suggest that patients with certain CYP-450 genotypes may be more predisposed to hepatotoxicity during INH therapy for latent tuberculosis. (medscape.com)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world 1 , with epidemics being spatially heterogeneous, as indicated by evidence of geographic clustering at different resolution levels 2 , 3 . (nature.com)
  • 1. General overview of situation with prevalence of HIV epidemics in Tajikistan. (who.int)
  • 1:72 Any sudden increase in disease prevalence may generally be termed an epidemic. (wikipedia.org)
  • The prevalence of non-curable tuberculosis among girls, children, and adolescents in India is a distressing reality that demands urgent action. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Prevalence surveys, by eliminating immunological and physiological in tuberculosis barriers to access to health centres, development that affect the risk of notifications are assumed to provide an answer to disease post-infection. (who.int)
  • Methods: This descriptive study of 63 patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis assessed the relative contribution of transmission of drug-resistant strains in a high-incidence community of Cape Town, South Africa, by restriction-fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). (sun.ac.za)
  • epidemics for certain diseases, such as influenza, are defined as reaching some defined increase in incidence above this baseline. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is not clear whether tuberculosis incidence is lower in women than men, or whether notification figures reflect under-detection of tuberculosis in women. (who.int)
  • The present study aimed to develop a formal hypothesis: tuberculosis (TB) was associated with the W-shaped influenza mortality from 1918-19. (hindawi.com)
  • As an example, it has been described that those with tuberculosis (TB) in 1918 may have been more likely to die of influenza compared with those without TB [ 11 , 12 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The alarming rate of tuberculosis infection in this nation at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Asia cannot be disputed, and yet solutions to attacking the disease are very much debated. (ssrc.org)
  • By contrast, the interaction between TB and HIV infection became evident soon after the HIV epidemic commenced, and new associations continue to be recognised, including treatment-related complications and drug interactions 5 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Scientists know it as an infection caused by M. tuberculosis . (encyclopedia.com)
  • When streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against M. tuberculosis , was discovered in the early 1940s, the infection began to come under control. (encyclopedia.com)
  • A second case-control study compared case-patients with randomly selected patients at the hospital who had both HIV infection and TB with drug-susceptible M. tuberculosis isolates. (cdc.gov)
  • Today we have serious interrelated epidemics of silicosis, tuberculosis, and HIV infection in the gold mining industry. (nioh.ac.za)
  • The impact of silicosis, tuberculosis, and HIV infection extends beyond individual miners to their families and communities. (nioh.ac.za)
  • The most common presentation of M kansasii infection is a chronic pulmonary infection that resembles pulmonary tuberculosis . (medscape.com)
  • M kansasii infection of the lung causes a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis. (medscape.com)
  • Diagnostic tests for TB include sputum smear analysis (microscopic examination of mucus coughed up from the lungs for the presence of M. tuberculosis ) and mycobacterial liquid culture (growth of M. tuberculosis from sputum and determination of its drug sensitivity). (plos.org)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) (see the image below), a multisystemic disease with myriad presentations and manifestations, is the most common cause of infectious disease-related mortality worldwide. (medscape.com)
  • Tobacco use increases the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB), and is associated with greater severity and higher mortality of this disease. (who.int)
  • The economic and political migrant labor system provided the foundations for the epidemics seen in southern Africa today. (nioh.ac.za)
  • In HIV hyperendemic sub-Saharan African communities, particularly in southern Africa, the likelihood of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030 is low, due to lack of cost-effective and practical interventions in population settings. (nature.com)
  • The study was carried out with 117 sputum samples from different patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis, for whom physicians had ordered a baciloscopy test. (scielo.br)
  • This woman was admitted to isolation and started empirically on a 4-drug regimen in the ED. Tuberculosis was confirmed on sputum testing. (medscape.com)
  • The best way of trying to tackle this "dual epidemic", said Dr. Kapur, is to routinely screen those with TB for diabetes, ideally using HbA 1c testing but, failing that, with an oral glucose tolerance test or fasting blood sugar. (medscape.com)
  • To identify risk factors for MDR-TB, a case-control study was conducted by comparing case-patients with randomly selected TB patients at the hospital with drug-susceptible M. tuberculosis isolates. (cdc.gov)
  • van der Werf MJ , Ködmön C , Hollo V , Sandgren A , Zucs P . Drug resistance among tuberculosis cases in the European Union and European Economic Area, 2007 to 2012. (eurosurveillance.org)
  • 2) Paul Farmer and others, "Poverty, Inequality and Drug Resistance: Meeting Community Needs in the Global Era", Proceedings of the National Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, North American Region Conference, Chicago, 1997. (mondediplo.com)
  • Why is India firefighting tuberculosis without adequate data surveillance? (epw.in)
  • The outstanding research on TB in the past must not be forgotten by the authors of "Resource Optimisation for Tuberculosis Elimination in India" (EPW, 7 May 2016). (epw.in)
  • Tuberculosis remains a significant public health concern in India, affecting millions of lives. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • The Vulnerability of adolescent Girls to Tuberculosis: Starting from birth, females in India face societal biases and discrimination within their own families, which leads to neglect behaviour, limited healthcare access, and inferior treatment for them. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Given the multifactorial enabling environment in a resource-constrained setting like India, the consequences are of epidemic proportions. (researchgate.net)
  • Though largely under control in the West, there are still about 9 million tuberculosis cases reported worldwide each year, and more than a million deaths. (britannica.com)
  • In fact, the most common vectors of epidemic diseases are humans. (queensu.ca)
  • AP) - Seven children and an adult from the Charlotte Central School have tested positive for tuberculosis and will be given antibiotics for nine months to ensure they do not get sick with the disease that usually attacks the lungs, Vermont Health Department officials said Friday. (ksl.com)
  • It requires sustained commitment to enhancing TB screening, surveillance and laboratory capacity to find and diagnose persons with tuberculosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2019 - 2017 data. (eurosurveillance.org)
  • Karo B , Hauer B , Hollo V , van der Werf MJ , Fiebig L , Haas W . Tuberculosis treatment outcome in the European Union and European Economic Area: an analysis of surveillance data from 2002-2011. (eurosurveillance.org)
  • An appropriate and effective national HIV surveillance system is necessary for countries to be able to understand and monitor the HIV epidemic and evaluate the national response. (who.int)
  • Such surveillance systems facilitate countries in estimating the magnitude of the epidemic, monitoring the trend of the epidemic, evaluating the effectiveness and outcome of health promotion efforts and advocating for commitment and resources. (who.int)
  • The advent of HIV was a massive setback for the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB). (bmj.com)
  • The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today apologized on behalf of the Government of Canada to Inuit for its actions during the tuberculosis epidemic from the 1940s to the 1960s. (itk.ca)
  • A case of MDR-TB was defined as a positive culture for M. tuberculosis in any patient at the hospital from January 1, 1988, through January 31, 1990, whose clinical course was consistent with TB and whose isolate was resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampin. (cdc.gov)
  • The Xpert MTB/RIF test enables rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance. (plos.org)
  • We report the isolation, since lated in the Republic of Djibouti, where 2 hospitals 2010, of 21 new strains of M. canettii in Djibouti, of which manage tuberculosis (TB) infections among the Djiboutian 7 were associated with 2 lymph node TB outbreaks in chil- population and expatriates ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Isolation and quarantine are tools that are often utilized by public health officials around the United States to address various types of infectious disease, including tuberculosis. (nursingcenter.com)
  • Tuberculosis (TB), smoking, HIV and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are burgeoning epidemics in developing countries. (ersjournals.com)
  • Potential interactions between tobacco smoking, HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with resultant pulmonary disability. (ersjournals.com)
  • Some months ago, a team from Mumbai reported a few cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis" - suggesting that this form of TB was incurable because of resistance to all the TB drugs tested. (citizen-news.org)
  • Findings: According to RFLP definitions, 52% (33 cases) of drug-resistant tuberculosis was caused by transmission of a drug-resistant strain. (sun.ac.za)
  • 29 cases) than for single-drug-resistant (no cases) tuberculosis. (sun.ac.za)
  • For example, in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. (wikipedia.org)
  • A few cases of a very rare disease may be classified as an epidemic, while many cases of a common disease (such as the common cold) would not. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some cases, the vulnerability of immigrants to tuberculosis is increased by occupational exposure, as a recent outbreak of TB among Mexican poultry farm workers in Delaware indicates. (encyclopedia.com)
  • With more than 10 million cases annually, tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. (europa.eu)
  • WHO estimates roughly 630 000 cases of MDR tuberculosis worldwide, with great variation in the frequency of MDR tuberculosis between countries. (nih.gov)
  • ABSTRACT In developing countries, only one-third of new tuberculosis cases notified are from women. (who.int)
  • What is raised over and above what's needed to contain the epidemic will be funnelled to public awareness campaigns to reduce the likelihood of another outbreak. (scoop.co.nz)
  • While all four epidemics continue, concentration on COVID-19 runs a high risk of increasing the overall health burden, further increasing global inequities in health and life expectancy. (medrxiv.org)
  • The burden of tuberculosis thus extends far beyond the individual, affecting the overall public health landscape. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Secondly, comprehensive healthcare systems must be established to provide accessible and quality tuberculosis screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for all, regardless of gender or socio- economic background. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial in preventing further damage to the lungs or any other part of the body affected by tuberculosis. (ncvc.org)
  • As Free Market Tuberculosis dramatically demonstrates, market reforms and standardized treatment programs have both influenced and undermined the management of tuberculosis care in the now-independent country of Georgia. (ssrc.org)
  • Background: Traditionally, patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis are classified as having acquired drug-resistant or primary drug-resistant disease on the basis of a history of previous tuberculosis treatment. (sun.ac.za)
  • The net effect of this pattern of treatment was to separate the study of tuberculosis from mainstream medicine. (encyclopedia.com)
  • One team of public health experts in North Carolina maintains that treatment for tuberculosis is the most pressing health care need of recent immigrants to the United States. (encyclopedia.com)
  • By effectively adhering to the recommended treatment, tuberculosis can be cured. (ncvc.org)
  • During this period, thousands of Inuit were sent away from their communities for tuberculosis treatment in southern Canada, where they were cut off from their language, their culture, their families, and their home. (itk.ca)
  • The Soviet health care infrastructure and its tuberculosis-control system were anchored in biomedicine, but the dire resurgence of tuberculosis at the end of the twentieth century changed how experts in post-Soviet nations-and globally-would treat the disease. (ssrc.org)
  • Failure to control dust and tuberculosis has resulted in serious consequences decades later. (nioh.ac.za)
  • Tuberculosis control is a priority for the Ministry of Health policies in Brazil. (scielo.br)
  • This is the first multicentre case-control study in Northwest Ethiopia to investigate determinants for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected adults. (bmj.com)
  • The term "epidemic" is often applied to diseases in non-human animals, although "epizootic" is technically preferable. (wikipedia.org)
  • This article discusses the role of oscillating migration in fuelling these epidemics, by examining the historical, political, social, and economic contexts of these diseases. (nioh.ac.za)
  • The countries most affected by the epidemics of TB and HIV tend to have insufficient health care systems budgets, therefore, they are less likely to invest in measures aimed at preventing non communicable diseases. (who.int)
  • The Deadly Consequences: The repercussions of non-curable tuberculosis among girls, children, and adolescents are both immediate and long-term. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Rendi Murphree] Well, concern about tuberculosis, or TB, transmission among human and elephants was raised in the late 1990s and it was suspected that elephants gave TB to their handlers. (cdc.gov)
  • Guthmann J, Aït Belghiti F, Lévy-Bruhl D. Épidémiologie de la tuberculose en France en 2015. (eurosurveillance.org)
  • RÉSUMÉ Dans les pays en développement, seul un tiers des nouveaux cas de tuberculose notifiés concerne des femmes. (who.int)
  • By the clinical classification, only 18 (29%) patients were classified as having primary drug-resistant tuberculosis (implying transmission). (sun.ac.za)
  • Generally, an epidemic occurs when host immunity to either an established pathogen or newly emerging novel pathogen is suddenly reduced below that found in the endemic equilibrium and the transmission threshold is exceeded. (wikipedia.org)
  • Such conditions create fertile ground for the transmission and spread of tuberculosis. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • In February 1990, hospital personnel initiated an investigation of possible nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB) at the hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • Tanya Johnson] Dr. Murphree, is this the first time that transmission of elephant-to-human tuberculosis has been documented? (cdc.gov)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease killer in the world, taking the lives of 1.4 million people each year. (cdc.gov)
  • An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Epidemics of infectious disease are generally caused by several factors including a change in the ecology of the host population (e.g., increased stress or increase in the density of a vector species), a genetic change in the pathogen reservoir or the introduction of an emerging pathogen to a host population (by movement of pathogen or host). (wikipedia.org)
  • Thucydides' description of the Plague of Athens is considered one of the earliest accounts of a disease epidemic. (wikipedia.org)
  • While we look at the wrongs of the past, we also look at problems of today, among them overcrowding from the lack of housing and the spread of tuberculosis that is endangering our people as the disease slowly spreads in Arctic communities. (itk.ca)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent and deadly infectious disease worldwide and remains a global epidemic. (nature.com)
  • In 2010, about 9 million people developed tuberculosis (TB)-a contagious bacterial disease that usually infects the lungs-and about 1.5 million people died from the disease. (plos.org)
  • Tuberculosis spread much more widely in Europe when the industrial revolution began in the late nineteenth century. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Unlike the smoking "epidemic" in the developed world, which occurred at a time when exposure to TB and environmental pollution was decreasing, the modern COPD epidemic is, in addition, being fuelled by industrialisation and the rampant spread of TB and HIV 10 - 13 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Furthermore, the spread of non-curable tuberculosis among this vulnerable population perpetuates a vicious cycle. (ladlifoundation.org)
  • Tuberculosis cannot be spread until someone who is infected gets sick, they said. (ksl.com)
  • A combination of the worsening crisis and calls from New Zealanders wanting to help, has prompted UNICEF New Zealand to initiate an emergency campaign in order to fundraise and intensify the response to the measles epidemic in Samoa. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Finally, we discuss their potential combined impact and propose strategies for addressing these colliding epidemics. (ersjournals.com)
  • Recent years have seen the HIV epidemics to have stronger impact on the Republic of Tajikistan. (who.int)
  • Impact of the suspension of the BCG vaccination obligation on childhood tuberculosis, 2007-2015]. (eurosurveillance.org)
  • As the lead agency supporting the Samoan government to contain the epidemic, UNICEF is perfectly placed to have a significant impact and save lives. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Exposure to second-hand smoke increases the risk of tuberculosis at all ages, but with greater impact on children. (who.int)
  • In his remarks, Archbishop Gallagher noted that tuberculosis is a leading cause of death worldwide, with developing countries suffering the most. (holyseemission.org)