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Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines

Manzoor Ahmad Mir, Raid Al-baradie.


Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) also known as white plague is a major infectious disease and a global emergency. It is one of the oldest recorded human afflictions and still continues to cause widespread morbidity and mortality in children and adults worldwide, despite the extensive use of a live attenuated vaccine and several antibiotics. One third of the world’s population is already infected and about 3 million people die and 8 million people develop the active disease each year. In the last decade there is a sharp rise in the cases of TB mainly due to emergence of multi-drug resistant (MTD), extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and totally drugresistant (TDR) strains of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, which are virtually untreatable.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Vaccines


 
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Mir MA, Al-baradie R. Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2013; 1(1): 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774


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Mir MA, Al-baradie R. Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines. Majmaah J Heal Sci. (2013), [cited September 14, 2024]; 1(1): 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774



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Mir, M. A. & Al-baradie, . R. (2013) Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines. Majmaah J Heal Sci, 1 (1), 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774



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Mir, Manzoor Ahmad, and Raid Al-baradie. 2013. Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 1 (1), 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774



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Mir, Manzoor Ahmad, and Raid Al-baradie. "Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 1 (2013), 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774



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Mir, Manzoor Ahmad, and Raid Al-baradie. "Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 1.1 (2013), 77-82. Print. doi:10.12816/0004774



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Mir, M. A. & Al-baradie, . R. (2013) Tuberculosis Time bomb - A Global Emergency: Need for Alternative Vaccines. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 1 (1), 77-82. doi:10.12816/0004774





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