An Update on Global Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis globally results in almost 2 million human deaths annually, with 1 in 4 deaths from tuberculosis being human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related. Primarily a pathogen of the respiratory system, aerobic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in...

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Autores principales: Talip, Balkis A., Sleator, Roy D., Lowery, Colm J., Dooley, James S.G., Snelling, William J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24847176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S11263
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description Tuberculosis globally results in almost 2 million human deaths annually, with 1 in 4 deaths from tuberculosis being human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related. Primarily a pathogen of the respiratory system, aerobic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infects the lungs via the inhalation of infected aerosol droplets generated by people with pulmonary disease through coughing. This review focuses on M. tuberculosis transmission, epidemiology, detection methods and technologies.
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spelling pubmed-39886232014-05-20 An Update on Global Tuberculosis (TB) Talip, Balkis A. Sleator, Roy D. Lowery, Colm J. Dooley, James S.G. Snelling, William J. Infect Dis (Auckl) Review Tuberculosis globally results in almost 2 million human deaths annually, with 1 in 4 deaths from tuberculosis being human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related. Primarily a pathogen of the respiratory system, aerobic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infects the lungs via the inhalation of infected aerosol droplets generated by people with pulmonary disease through coughing. This review focuses on M. tuberculosis transmission, epidemiology, detection methods and technologies. Libertas Academica 2013-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3988623/ /pubmed/24847176 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S11263 Text en © 2013 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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