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Tuberculosis  

Tuberculosis threatens one-third of the world’s population. The World Health Organization declared tuberculosis a global health emergency in 1993. The magnitude of the problem changed dramatically during the 1990s due to deteriorating control in some parts of the world (notably eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union), the spread of HIV, and population growth. Without a coordinated control effort, tuberculosis will infect an estimated 1 billion more people by 2020, killing 70 million.

Review Articles

25 Jul 2008

Evidence-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis

An overview and discussion of the new evidence now accumulating on diagnostic tests for TB.
Source: PLoS Medicine
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17 Jul 2008

Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk of Active Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of 13 Observational Studies

Review of the evidence from observational studies supports the notion that people with diabetes are at increased risk of developing TB.
Source: PLoS Medicine
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News

1 Aug 2008

Warning to Asia: act now to curb spread of drug-resistant TB

World Health Organization says governments are not doing enough against multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific
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17 Jul 2008

US Senate votes to increase malaria and tuberculosis support

‘Dramatic’ increase in US funding for HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB programmes.
Source: Wall Street Journal; Washington Post
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Editorial Opinions

1 Aug 2008

Scaling Up Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Prioritized Research Agenda

Health workers will need new tools before they can halt the rise in MDR-TB.
Source: PLoS Medicine
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Research Articles

17 Jul 2008

Timing of default from tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review

A review finds there is a lack of evidence as to when and why patients who fail to complete their TB treatment stop taking their drugs.
Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health
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25 Jun 2008

Tuberculosis from Mycobacterium bovis in binational communities, United States

M. bovis contributes to the tuberculosis burden of vulnerable groups
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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