Sentences with phrase «tuberculosis spreading from person to person»
We must strengthen infection control measures, focus on households, health centres, and communities to prevent tuberculosis spreading from person to person, and develop more effective diagnostic tests to rapidly and accurately detect drug resistance.»
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Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people, new research from the University of Southampton suggests.
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug - resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) is spread from person - to - person in the KwaZulu - Natal province, South Africa from 2011 - 2014.
The study authors propose that increased spread from person to person will be responsible for the growing number of drug - resistant tuberculosis cases.
Even if we prevent new drug - resistant infections, there are enough current cases to keep the epidemic going, and drug - resistant tuberculosis will continue to be an increasingly dangerous threat so long as resistant strains spread through the air from one person to another,» says Dr Sharma.
Tuberculosis, which is spread through the air from one person to another, is the No. 1 cause of infectious disease deaths in the world, with an incidence of approximately 10 million new cases and 1.7 million deaths each year.