A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented by an international team involving researchers at UCL. The new framework, ...

The worldwide burden of childhood tuberculosis is twice as large as once thought, according to a new study that estimates nearly 1 million children become sick with the disease every year. TB is the ...

Distinguishing latent tuberculosis (LTB) from tuberculosis (TB) disease may be challenging in children. Here, we analyzed cytokine profiles that can distinguish the two infection stages in a ...

Johannesburg - Researchers at Stellenbosch University have had a breakthrough on shortening the treatment regime for children with minimal tuberculosis (TB). The SHINE trial involved 1 204 children ...

To end childhood TB, the global health community must close the pediatric TB case detection gap. Only by doing so can children with TB receive the critical and timely treatment needed to avoid ...

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More than half a million children who fall ill with tuberculosis each year are at risk of dying because of a lack of child-friendly treatments, experts said. Tuberculosis, which kills more than one ...

Germantown, Maryland, and Venlo, the Netherlands, June 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it welcomes new guidelines in the United ...

Mother taking care of sick daughter with oxygen mask and teddy bear Study authors assessed the relationship between children living in contact with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients on DOTS ...