Harvard Medical School study reveals TB risk correlation with shared hometowns, potentially improving prevention and treatment strategies.

A Harvard Medical School study in Nature Microbiology shows that certain TB strains co-evolved with specific human populations over hundreds or thousands of years. The study found that TB risk for exposed individuals depends on whether the bacteria and person share a hometown. This geographic connection may lead to improved prevention and treatment strategies for tuberculosis, which affects over 10 million people annually and causes over a million deaths worldwide.

August 01, 2024
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