According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

“The intention to screen is the intention to treat.” The most important statement of most tuberculosis (TB) control strategies! Of all population groups, the above statement is most relevant to older ...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), results in 1.5 million deaths every year, but as many as two billion people may be infected with Mtb and yet remain ...

In 2005, 8.8 million people worldwide became infected with tuberculosis. That's a staggering number, but new cases of tuberculosis went up by just 70,000, which signals that the global TB epidemic is ...

Despite major advances in diagnostics and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease. In a ...

A CDC webpage detailing tuberculosis (TB) trends among Asian persons is no longer accessible on the agency's website. The page cited federal surveillance data showing that Asian persons had the ...

The Department of Health and Environmental Control is recognizing March 24 as World Tuberculosis Day to increase awareness of prevention methods for the disease. Tuberculosis (TB) was responsible for ...

Deputy Home Affairs Minister Akhmad Wiyagus has urged regional governments to accelerate tuberculosis (TB) control efforts, ...

The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control, Hon. Amobi Ogah has said that the House is set to bolster its advocacy for more government ...