The study first used laboratory models of pulmonary TB to examine the changes happening within the liver during the early stages of infection. It found that an immune response was triggered within ...

VIRAL hepatitis appears to be overtaking tuberculosis as the world's most deadly infectious disease. Hepatitis B and C now claim as many lives as TB - despite the existence of vaccines and ...

Tiyese Jeranji spoke to local experts about the interesting links between TB and liver problems. The complex set of links between TB and liver problems is often mentioned at conferences and in ...

While the lung is the primary battleground for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the liver plays a pivotal role as the body’s ...

People with hepatitis C, either treated or untreated, had an increased risk for developing active tuberculosis, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Baliashvili D ...

Health agencies warn that viral hepatitis could kill more people by 2040 than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined if it remains a neglected disease and efforts to fight it remain underfunded.

Most TB medicines can be toxic to the liver; therefore, physicians must monitor liver enzymes and assess the risk of hepatitis. Lately, AI and machine learning (ML) models have been employed to ...