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November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

Predictors of Death in Rifampicin Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Treated with the Short Course in Conakry, Guinea.

Publication date: Nov 13, 2023 The emergence of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) is a major issue for TB control programs due to high risk of treatment failure and death. The objective ... Read more

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

Nipah virus that swells brain and leads to coma before death ‘may be next pandemic’

Nipah Virus News

Publication date: Nov 05, 2023 The YouGov poll found two-thirds of the electorate believed Downing Street was either “not very prepared” (36%) or “not prepared at all” (30%). Concepts Keywords ... Read more

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Brief Report: Changing Characteristics Among In-Hospital HIV Deaths: An 11-Year Retrospective Review of a Regional Hospital in South Africa.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Nov 01, 2023 Elevated HIV-associated mortality persists, despite a notable decline with the expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART). In South Africa, the relative majority of deaths occur in ... Read more

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023

Assessing sex differences in viral load suppression and reported deaths using routinely collected program data from PEPFAR-supported countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Oct 07, 2023 In sub-Saharan Africa, more women than men access HIV testing and treatment and may have better viral load suppression (VLS). We utilized routinely reported aggregated ... Read more

September 30, 2023September 30, 2023

Estimating post-treatment recurrence after multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment among patients with and without HIV: the impact of assumptions about death and missing follow-up.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Sep 29, 2023 Quantification of recurrence risk following successful treatment is crucial to evaluating regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR) tuberculosis (TB). However, such analyses are complicated when ... Read more

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

Characteristics of and Deaths among 333 Persons with Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Cross-Sectional Sample from 25 Jurisdictions, United States.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Aug 30, 2023 Little is known about co-occurring tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 in low TB incidence settings. We obtained a cross-section of 333 persons in the United States ... Read more

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Health system productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: tuberculosis control in high burden countries.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Nov 25, 2023 Sixteen of the 30 countries with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Over 25% of TB deaths occur in the Africa ... Read more

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Integration of biophysical and biological approaches to validate fragment-like compounds targeting l,d-transpeptidases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Jan 01, 2024 Tuberculosis is one of the major causes of death worldwide; more than a million people die every year because of this infection. The constant emergency ... Read more

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

Risk adjustment model for tuberculosis compared to non-tuberculosis mycobacterium or latent tuberculosis infection: Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis (cPMTb) cohort database.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Nov 24, 2023 The Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis (cPMTb) was constructed to develop personalized pharmacotherapeutic systems for tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to introduce the ... Read more

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023

Knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention and control of pulmonary tuberculosis index cases family in Shebedino District, Sidama Region, Ethiopia.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Oct 01, 2023 Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death, despite being a largely curable and preventable disease. The goals of TB control are to reduce infection transmission, ... Read more