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TB vaccine mist offers better protection
(March 12, 2008) A novel aerosol version of the most common TB vaccine was found more effective in experimental animals than traditional injected vaccine, researchers including HSPH Dean Barry R. Bloom reported.
Scientists decode extensively drug resistant TB genome
(November 20, 2007) The work of an international team of researchers, including HSPH Associate Professor Megan Murray, highlights the small number of DNA differences among drug-resistant and -sensitive TB microbes.
March of the TB Superstrains
HSPH research centers on "extensively drug-resistant mutants"
Hope for a Needle-Free TB Vaccine
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New research suggests a low-cost way to help protect people of colorTB, or Not TB?
Why is the bacterium dormant in 90% of cases--but potentially life-threatening in the rest?
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