Imperial College London
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Imperial College London
Published: May 1, 2020, 6:46 p.m.·
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Global health,
Global TB response
Some regions may see deaths related to HIV, TB and malaria increase by up to 10, 20 and 36% respectively over five years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Imperial College London
Published: Sept. 7, 2019, 9:27 a.m.·
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Extrapulmonary TB,
Pediatrics
Study reveals how tuberculous meningitis (TBM) damages the nervous system along similar lines as chronic brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s.
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Imperial College London
Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 4:41 p.m.·
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Diagnostics
Rapid blood tests used by the National Health Service (NHS) in England are unable to rule out tuberculosis (TB) and should be replaced with a new, more accurate test, a study has found.
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Imperial College London
Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 3 p.m.·
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Latent TB
PhD student Ishita Marwah at Imperial College London won a President’s Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement for communicating the immunology of latent TB.
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Imperial College London
Published: May 23, 2017, 9:14 p.m.·
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Treatment,
HIV coinfection,
Scientific research
Imperial scientists have found how a common antibiotic could help reduce lung destruction in people with Tuberculosis (TB).
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Imperial College London
Published: Sept. 6, 2016, 10:20 p.m.·
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Diagnostics
Scientists have found evidence of a separate stage in tuberculosis (TB) infection, where people have no symptoms but are more likely to develop the full disease.
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Imperial College London
Published: Aug. 16, 2012, 10:58 p.m.·
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None
The BCG vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis (TB) has a bigger role in protecting children than previously thought, according to an international study led by investigators at Imperial College London and published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. BCG was understood to prevent severe illness from tuberculosis, but not to prevent infection with TB bacteria. Now data collected from five countries in Europe suggest that the vaccine is also effective at preventing infection.
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