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Study Reveals How Tuberculosis Bacteria Survive Airborne Journey
Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to ...
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Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission
Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...
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Study Discovers Tuberculosis Genes Necessary for Airborne Transmission (IMAGE)
The ExhaleSimulator generates a cough cloud (pictured above) mimicking the particles released from a person. The trajectory spans three meters from the source.
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Study reveals genes critical for tuberculosis survival during transmission
Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...
Why increasing rates of tuberculosis in the UK and US should concern everyone
With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl ...
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As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
(THE CONVERSATION) An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often ... While rare, there have been reports of TB transmission through bone graphs, in which healthy, donated bone ...