An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB, according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report. The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 per cent between 2020 and […]
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Reverse Zoonosis is possible in transmission of Tuberculosis: ICMR-NIRT
Researchers at Tamil Nadu’s National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) found instances of reverse zoonosis (human-to-animal and animal-to-human) in the transmission of tuberculosis (TB). In an exclusive interview with ANI, Dr S Sriram of ICMR-NIRT said that there is a possibility and evidence of Tuberculosis transmission […]
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Researchers develop new cell-analysis technique to fight tuberculosis
During a new study, researchers paved the way for new vaccine strategies against tuberculosis, and provided insights into fighting other infectious diseases around the world by analyzing how individual immune cells react to the bacterium that causes this deadly disease. The cutting-edge technologies were developed in the lab of Dr. […]