Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mostly affects the ...

This article examines the transmission mechanisms of tuberculosis and provides evidence-based prevention strategies. Tuberculosis is primarily transmitted through the air when people with active ...

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

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 ...