Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria, Mycobacterium mungi, that causes tuberculosis (TB) and is transmitted through the skin and nose of banded mongoose in Northern Botswana. The ...
WHO's international guideline for the control of tuberculosis in relation to air travel -- tracing passengers who sat for longer than eight hours in rows adjacent to people with pulmonary TB -- may be ...
Scientists studying the role of room ventilation in tuberculosis transmission found that students in Cape Town, South Africa, spend almost 60 percent of their day in poorly ventilated rooms, at risk ...