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• n  infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

• Fortunately, say CDC experts, Speaker does not seem extremely contagious; while lab tests for the tuberculosis bacterium are positive, he has not yet produced evidence of the bug .
• Five tuberculosis conventions met simultaneously in Chicago last week.
• Rifamycins, the main drugs currently used to treat tuberculosis, attack the same RNA polymerase target, but at a different site.

• TB
• T.B.

News & Articles

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• Lawsuits filed over SC tuberculosis outbreak
  GREENWOOD — Several lawsuits have been filed against education officials and the Department of Health and Environmental Control over a tuberculosis outbreak at a Greenwood County school.
  June 13, 2013 - The Post and Courier
• Tracking Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Real-Time
  New Canadian surveillance system monitors tuberculosis and could be used for SARS-like outbreaks.
  June 12, 2013 - Newswise
• Governor Nixon signs law on tuberculosis screening
  Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation requiring all Missouri colleges and universities to develop screening programs for tuberculosis. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation requiring all Missouri colleges and universities to develop screening programs for tuberculosis. The bill provides for targeted testing to identify those at high risk for latent infection and for ...
  June 12, 2013 - KY3 Springfield