Tag Willem A. Hanekom

Infectious Disease, Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may spread by aerosol when an adult with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) coughs. Ninety percent of newly infected adults never develop disease; in the other 10%, TB most commonly manifests as lung disease. Infants and young children appear…

Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant
March 19, 2024

Infectious Disease

Tuberculosis Vaccines

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is currently the only licensed vaccine available against tuberculosis (TB). The vaccine has been given to over 4 billion people; yet, TB still poses a major public health threat globally. Approximately 25% of the world’s population has…

Plotkin's Vaccines
March 19, 2024