Tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, could be America’s next outbreak

Now they are warning that Tuberculosis could be America’s next outbreak

Tuberculosis (TB), long overshadowed by modern pandemics like COVID-19, remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Despite decades of global efforts to control it, TB killed an estimated 1.3 million people in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)—more than HIV/AIDS and malaria. Now, health experts warn that the United States may be facing a […]

Tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, could be America’s next outbreak

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.”

Identification of Immune Phenotypes and Diagnostic Biomarkers in Active and Latent Tuberculosis Infections

Scientists identified potential immune response mechanisms by integrating gene expression analysis with immune cell distribution profiling to characterize the immune phenotypes of active tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection. [Scientific Reports] Full Article