Silicosis is an ancient and potentially fatal pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to
respirable crystalline silica. Silicosis is historically a disease of miners; however, failure to …

Executive summary Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented, and cured. Rapid, sustained
declines in tuberculosis deaths in many countries during the past 50 years provide …

The WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 2: screening–systematic
screening for tuberculosis disease is an updated and consolidated summary of WHO …

Rapid expansion of the standardised approach to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment that
is recommended by WHO allowed more than 36 million people to be cured between 1995 …

Background While the association between occupational inhalation of silica dust and
pulmonary tuberculosis has been known for over a century, there has never been a …

Tuberculosis (TB) was the underlying cause of 1.3 million deaths among human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative people in 2016, exceeding the global number of …

Lungs are directly exposed to the air, have enormous surface area, and enable gas
exchange in air-breathing animals. They are constantly 'attacked'by microbes from both …

Background Preventing active tuberculosis (TB) from developing in people with latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for global TB control. Isoniazid (INH) for six to nine …

Globally, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is declining very slowly, and the
noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden for many countries is steadily increasing. Several …

The Tenth Edition of Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has been fully revised and updated,
presenting all practitioners considering an occupational cause for a patient's condition with …