Tuberculosis represents the leading global cause of death from an infectious agent.
Controlling the tuberculosis epidemic thus represents an urgent global public health priority …

Tuberculosis continues to kill 1· 4 million people annually. During the past 5 years, an
alarming increase in the number of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and …

The tuberculosis (TB) pandemic continues to rampage despite widespread use of the BCG
(Bacillus Calmette–Guérin) vaccine. Novel vaccination strategies are urgently needed to …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex causes tuberculosis (TB), one of the top 10 causes of
death worldwide. TB results in more fatalities than multi-drug resistant (MDR) HIV strain …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health threat. Although a vaccine has been available for
almost 100 years termed Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), it is insufficient and better vaccines …

Efforts over the last 2 decades have led to a rich research and development pipeline of
tuberculosis (TB) vaccines. Although none of the candidates has successfully completed the …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills more people worldwide than any single infectious
pathogen, yet the only vaccine licensed against tuberculosis, Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) …

The major health-care burden for the developing world are infectious diseases where
antimicrobial agents prove to be the magical drugs to combat this. But the phenomenon of …

The United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reversing the global spread of
tuberculosis by 2015 has been offset by the rampant re-emergence of drug-resistant …

Tuberculosis kills more people worldwide than any other single infectious disease agent, a
threat made more dire by the spread of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis …