The researchers said in those with severe disease, the body was responding as if it was attacking a virus, enabling the bacteria to remain hidden and replicate unchallenged within cells. Not only is interferon-beta an ineffective weapon against bacteria, it can block the action of interferon gamm...
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(a) The virus HIV (b) Exposure to polluted air (c) Any virus can cause it (d) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious lung disease that can be life-threatening. Some patients can be asymptomatic, yet TB c...
Nigel Curtis, who is leading the trial, told Xinhua that the BCG vaccine had been shown to boost the body's immune system in a way that was "non-specific" to just one form of virus or bacteria, meaning that it may provide protection against COVID-19. Invented in France over 100 years...
The present invention is based on a number of M.tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments which are induced during the latent stage of infection characterized by low oxygen tension in the microenvironment of the infecting TB-bacteria. The invention is directed to the use of these polypepti...
behaviour of the cells. They found that the presence of IL-17, the molecule that Th17 cells produce, reduces the growth of TB bacteria. This data confirms that Th17 cells are likely to have a protective role in humans and gives researchers a new focus for vaccine strategies....
A TB skin test is used to detect exposure to TB bacteria by measuring a patient’s immune response to an inactivated, or killed, version ofMycobacterium tuberculosis. There are two TB-related conditions. The first is calledTB infectionor latent TB infection. The second is referred to asTB di...
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, Laneke Luies1 , Du Toit Loots1 and Aurelia A. Williams1* Open Access Abstract Background The synergy between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis dur- ing co-infection of a host is well known...
New strains of drug-resistant bacteria with altered virulence have already emerged, exploiting precisely this weakness by targeting immunodeficient patients. Bioinformatics and genetics help identify a dangerous strain of TB pathogens Researchers currently identify seven to eight major M. tuberculosis lineages...