A person usually contracts tuberculosis (TB) when they breathe in TB bacteria. In rare cases, the bacteria may travel to the genitourinary tract and transmit between people during sexual activity.

The study reveals patterns of bovine TB transmission within and between cattle and badger populations Cattle-to-cattle transmission of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is "considerably more common" than ...

The latest World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report released in November 2024 painted a sobering picture; ...

Public Health officials and school administrators identified individuals who needed testing to prevent further TB transmission. Students and faculty received skin tests, with follow-up readings ...

In a high transmission setting in which several people have active or latent TB, a successful vaccine "should demonstrate efficacy" in one to two years, he says. There are other challenges too.

we will still fail to prevent most cases of TB transmission that happen prior to diagnosis. Thus, while HIV treatment is helping to bring South Africa's TB numbers down, the fact that we have so ...

Type of transmission Example Direct contact This ... Many farmers think tuberculosis in their cattle can be spread by badgers.