Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a grave predicament to the world as it is not merely a scientific challenge but a socio-economic burden as well. A prime cause of mortality in human due to an infectious disease; the malady and its cause, Mycobacterium tuberculosis have remained an enigma with many questions...

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Main Authors:	Maitra, Arundhati, Danquah, Cynthia Amaning, Scotti, Francesca, Howard, Tracey K, Tengku Mohd. Kamil, Tengku Karmila, Bhakta, Sanjib
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spelling	iium-794542020-03-10T06:27:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79454/ Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London Maitra, Arundhati Danquah, Cynthia Amaning Scotti, Francesca Howard, Tracey K Tengku Mohd. Kamil, Tengku Karmila Bhakta, Sanjib R Medicine (General) Tuberculosis (TB) poses a grave predicament to the world as it is not merely a scientific challenge but a socio-economic burden as well. A prime cause of mortality in human due to an infectious disease; the malady and its cause, Mycobacterium tuberculosis have remained an enigma with many questions that remain unanswered. The ability of the pathogen to survive and switch between varied physiological states necessitates a protracted therapeutic regimen that exerts an excessive strain on low-resource countries. To complicate things further, there has been a significant rise of antimicrobial resistance. Existing control measures, including treatment regimens have remained fairly uniform globally for at least half a century and require reinvention. Overcoming the societal and scientific challenges requires an increase in dialog to identify key regions that need attention and effective partners with whom successful collaborations can be fostered. In this report, we explore the discussions held at the International TB Summit 2015 hosted by EuroSciCon, which served as an excellent platform for researchers to share their recent findings. Ground-breaking results require outreach to affect policy design, governance and control of the disease. Hence, we feel it is important that meetings such as these reach a wider, global audience. Taylor & Francis Group 2015-07-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79454/1/Tackling%20tuberculosis%20Insights%20from%20an%20international%20TB%20Summit%20in%20London.pdf Maitra, Arundhati and Danquah, Cynthia Amaning and Scotti, Francesca and Howard, Tracey K and Tengku Mohd. Kamil, Tengku Karmila and Bhakta, Sanjib (2015) Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London. Virulence, 6 (6). pp. 661-672. ISSN 2150-5594 E-ISSN 2150-5608 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2015.1060396 10.1080/21505594.2015.1060396
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description	Tuberculosis (TB) poses a grave predicament to the world as it is not merely a scientific challenge but a socio-economic burden as well. A prime cause of mortality in human due to an infectious disease; the malady and its cause, Mycobacterium tuberculosis have remained an enigma with many questions that remain unanswered. The ability of the pathogen to survive and switch between varied physiological states necessitates a protracted therapeutic regimen that exerts an excessive strain on low-resource countries. To complicate things further, there has been a significant rise of antimicrobial resistance. Existing control measures, including treatment regimens have remained fairly uniform globally for at least half a century and require reinvention. Overcoming the societal and scientific challenges requires an increase in dialog to identify key regions that need attention and effective partners with whom successful collaborations can be fostered. In this report, we explore the discussions held at the International TB Summit 2015 hosted by EuroSciCon, which served as an excellent platform for researchers to share their recent findings. Ground-breaking results require outreach to affect policy design, governance and control of the disease. Hence, we feel it is important that meetings such as these reach a wider, global audience.
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author	Maitra, Arundhati Danquah, Cynthia Amaning Scotti, Francesca Howard, Tracey K Tengku Mohd. Kamil, Tengku Karmila Bhakta, Sanjib
author_facet	Maitra, Arundhati Danquah, Cynthia Amaning Scotti, Francesca Howard, Tracey K Tengku Mohd. Kamil, Tengku Karmila Bhakta, Sanjib
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title	Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London
title_short	Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London
title_full	Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London
title_fullStr	Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London
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