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Communicable Episode 20: Tuberculosis today

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis remains a major global health threat, infecting over 10 million people and claiming more than 1 million lives every year. In this episode of Communicable, hosts Angela Huttner and Navaneeth Narayanan discuss tuberculosis with experts Lorenzo Guglielmetti and Olha Konstantynovska. Key topics include the history, transmission, and pathophysiology of tuberculosis, as well as current diagnostic challenges and treatments for drug-resistant strains. The conversation highlights Guglielmetti's work on the endTB project and Konstantynovska's experiences managing tuberculosis during the war in Ukraine.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105091
Institutions: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sorbonne Université, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Médecins Sans Frontières, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University Hospital of Geneva
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,520
OpenAlex ID: W4410472897
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