Tuberculosis: tackling the troubling uptick

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Dr Chris Smith

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Before Covid, the bacterial infection "tuberculosis" was the number 1 infectious disease killer on the planet. Every day it claims the lives of thousands, with the impact particularly marked in lower income countries which account for 80% of the cases. But that doesn't mean that richer countries are off the hook. As people migrate, and wars displace refugees, Western countries are seeing a rising trend in new TB cases, particularly of highly drug-resistant forms of the infection. So this week we're looking at new ways to combat one of the oldest and most fearsome infections on the planet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:21.1	the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology
0:24.6	and medicine with me, James Titco.
0:27.2	This week we're talking about tuberculosis.
0:29.9	The global response to COVID has slowed progress in fighting this pernicious disease.
0:34.6	So what treatments are scientists trialing to keep deaths at a minimum?
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0:43.0	Before COVID, the bacterial infection tuberculosis was the number one infectious disease
0:56.5	killer on the planet. Every day it claims the lives of thousands, with the impact particularly
1:01.9	marked in lower income countries, account for 80% of the cases.
1:06.0	But that doesn't mean that richer countries are off the hook.
1:09.0	As people migrate and wars displaced refugees, Western countries are seeing a rising trend in new TB cases, particularly
1:16.8	of highly drug-resistant forms of the infection.
1:20.6	So this week we're looking at new ways to combat one of the oldest and most fearsome
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