Understanding how TB spreads is crucial for both prevention efforts and identifying those at highest risk. This article examines the transmission mechanisms of tuberculosis and provides evidence ...

While rare, there have been reports of TB transmission through bone grafts, in which healthy, donated bone material is used to replace damaged bones. The origin of the TB outbreak in Kansas ...

This bacterial structure explains why TB can withstand harsh environmental conditions and resist many standard antibiotics. The primary transmission route occurs through airborne particles.

For their new study, Nathan and Bourouiba focused on transmission of tuberculosis, from the perspective of the bacterium itself, to investigate what defenses it might rely on to help it survive ...

Tuberculosis is prevalent in the US, but it's both preventable and curable. While early detection and treatment plans have helped limit disease transmission in the US, we have seen numbers creep ...

The team’s results, appearing this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could provide new targets for tuberculosis therapies that simultaneously treat infection and prevent ...

The findings provide new targets for tuberculosis therapies that could simultaneously treat infection and prevent the spread of bacteria. Until now, very little was known about this transmission ...

Transmission of tuberculosis requires close, prolonged contact with someone who has active TB disease. "It’s not transmitted casually by fleeting contacts,” says Schaffner, adding that it's ...

For their new study, Nathan and Bourouiba focused on transmission of tuberculosis, from the perspective of the bacterium itself, to investigate what defenses it might rely on to help it survive ...