0 Could vitamin A levels affect tuberculosis risk?
Researchers have discovered that low levels of vitamin A are associated with a 10-fold increase in the risk of developing tuberculosis among household contacts of TB patients.
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0 Interleukin-37: a new molecular target for host-directed therapy of tuberculosis
Improved therapeutic strategies are in urgent need for better control and eradication of tuberculosis. In this editorial, the authors evaluate interleukin-37 as a new molecular target for the therapy of tuberculosis.
0 Could targeting bacterial metabolism reduce treatment times for tuberculosis?
Researchers have uncovered metabolic changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which may enable the bacteria to withstand exposure to antimicrobials, suggesting that targeting these pathways could reduce treatment times.
0 IDHTalks with Helen McShane: Developing a new tuberculosis vaccine
Helen McShane discusses her work leading the TB vaccine research program at Oxford University, and shares her thoughts on the challenges facing vaccine development and eradication of this disease.
0 Conference report – nontuberculosis mycobacterial symposium
Read our report from the second state-of-the-art symposium on nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) infections covering diagnosis, biology, epidemiology and more.
0 IDHTalks at the CICH seminar series: Pediatric tuberculosis – why aren’t we winning the fight?
In this podcast Dr Elizabeth Whittaker, Dr James Seddon, Dr Pete Dodd and Professor Beate Kampmann discuss their work in pediatric tuberculosis focusing on the areas of immunology, modelling and drug resistance.
0 Infographic: Tuberculosis – the story so far and the strategy moving forwards
Take a look at our new infographic, developed for World Tuberculosis Day, which explores the facts about current TB burden, the issues around drug resistance, and research and development moving forwards.
0 Could HIV co-infection influence how tuberculosis evolves?
Researchers looking at the genome of M. tuberculosis have discovered that HIV co-infection could be influencing how the bacteria are evolving.
0 Tuberculosis: a global health perspective – an interview with Timothy Rodwell
With TB still presenting a major health problem across the globe, we spoke to Timothy Rodwell about the challenges currently facing TB diagnostics and his work as acting head of the TB Program at FIND.
0 Diagnosis, a weak link in global tuberculosis control – an interview with Madhukar Pai
In this interview to mark World TB Day Madhukar Pai discusses the challenges surrounding TB case detection and the future of TB diagnostics.