Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, resulting in more than 1·25 million deaths in 2023 alone.1 During ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

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The primary transmission route occurs through airborne particles. When someone with active TB coughs, sneezes, speaks, or even sings, they release microscopic droplets containing the bacteria.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.” Up to 10 percent will develop active TB if they aren’t treated.

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. The pathogen spreads through the air when someone with an active case coughs, talks or sings, according to a CDC fact sheet.

Treatment for active TB patients can last up to nine months, the CDC said. Patients are given a combination of antibiotics since the pathogen can become resistant to medication.

The M. tuberculosis bacterium that causes TB is an airborne pathogen, meaning it can spread through the air in tiny droplets of saliva. If you inhale these pathogens, you could acquire a TB infection.

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The findings may also help inform new prevention and treatment approaches for tuberculosis, a wily pathogen that, each year, sickens more than 10 million people and causes more than a million ...