Jun
18
TB lineage shown to affect drug resistance
The journal, Nature, has published an article detailing research into how the lineage of Mycobacteria tuberculosis affects its potential to become drug resistant. The research has found that an East Asian mycobacterial lineage is associated with increased drug resistance rates, when cultured in a laboratory, when compared to to strains from an Euro-American lineage.
Read the full article in Nature
Read the full article in Nature
Jun
18
A short history of TB exhibition
A free exhibition, focusing on the impact of TB from the nineteenth
century up until the present day, is being held at the University of York between 21 and 22 June. The exhibition, hosted by The Wellcome Trust with support from the Centre for Chronic Diseases and Disorders and the Centre for Global Health Histories at the
University of York, features a range of images including watercolours, photography and historic public health posters.
The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication, Tuberculosis: A Short History, which contains images from the exhibition and supporting material. If you cannot make the exhibition itself, you can download the publication free, from the Centre for Global Health Histories website.
Dr Helen Bynum, author of Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis, will deliver a free guest lecture, on the opening night of the exhibition.
Find out more:
The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication, Tuberculosis: A Short History, which contains images from the exhibition and supporting material. If you cannot make the exhibition itself, you can download the publication free, from the Centre for Global Health Histories website.
Dr Helen Bynum, author of Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis, will deliver a free guest lecture, on the opening night of the exhibition.
Find out more:
- On the WellCome Library website
- TB Alert's history of TB
Jun
18
A ticket out
When journalist, Jo Chandler, visited the slums of Papua New Guinea to document the impact of tuberculosis, she did not expect to return home harbouring a multi drug-resistant form of the disease.
In this fascinating article, Jo contrasts her own experience of TB diagnosis and treatment – in a well funded Australian health service – with the services available to the people she met in Papua New Guinea.
Read the full article from the Global Mail
Find out more about multi drug-resistant TB
In this fascinating article, Jo contrasts her own experience of TB diagnosis and treatment – in a well funded Australian health service – with the services available to the people she met in Papua New Guinea.
Read the full article from the Global Mail
Find out more about multi drug-resistant TB
