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Singaporean scientists have identified a gene associated with vulnerability to TB, and find males are more susceptible than females.

Researchers report that a potential tuberculosis vaccine has been shown to reduce rates of the disease in patients with HIV/AIDS.

Researchers in Peru have found that early testing to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is best to prevent airborne transmission.

Scientists have recommended the antiretroviral drug efavirenz for patients suffering from both HIV and tuberculosis.

About 60 per cent of the patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis can be cured by combining five different drugs, says a study.

Following successful clinical trials of a new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB, the WHO has endorsed its use in all affected countries.

A new funding announcement means that African scientists will be able to mastermind their own medical research projects.

Scientists in Vietnam have discovered that the outcome of tuberculosis infection is influenced by bacterial and host genetics.

An antibiotic used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis may increase resistance to pneumoccocal disease, according to a study.

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

Cinema is helping children and teenagers learn how to prevent tuberculosis in remote areas of Peru where other media are scarce.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.

One million Indians will be killed by a smoking-related illness each year in the 2010s, a study has predicted.

Resumen de noticias sobre el sur de Asia para el período del 16 al 30 de enero.

An eminent Indian researcher has proposed using an 'open source' approach to TB drug design, in the spirit of the human genome project.

TB research and development funding must increase dramatically to meet global targets, says a report.

The genome of a strain of extremely drug-resistant TB has been sequenced by South African scientists, and could aid future diagnosis.

Rural South Africa will see a large increase in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the next five years without intervention.

Researchers say the use of second-line TB drugs in South Africa without drug susceptibility testing led to increased drug resistance.

Technology originally conceived for space exploration could provide faster and more accurate testing for tuberculosis.