A portable device to detect tuberculosis with the help of a smartphone has been developed by a team of researchers at Tezpur University in Assam.

Tezpur University researchers develop affordable, portable device using autofluorescence to detect tuberculosis in rural areas.

In this issue of BioTechniques, we present a method for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection using a colorimetric single-tube nested PCR assay, a strand displacement amplification method for ...

Since our discovery of the tuberculosis necrotizing toxin, we suspected that its secretion mechanism might be novel since the toxin lacked classical signal peptides, which target proteins for export ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Learn more here.

TB developing from mycobacterium bovis transmission to humans has become quite rare, though. Today, less than 2% of reported human tuberculosis cases come from M. bovis.

A new tuberculosis vaccine candidate recombinant protein with additional post-translational modifications occurring in Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells Date: June 19, 2024 Source: Niigata ...

Tuberculous pericarditis occurs when the bacteria that cause TB — Mycobacterium tuberculosis — infects the pericardium, the protective sac around the heart. Read on.

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis. It can cause symptoms that mimic those of many other gastrointestinal conditions.