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    FAQ - About Tuberculosis (TB)
    Also available in: Spanish
    Answers to your most commonly asked questions about this bacterial disease. The bacteria that causes TB--Mycobacterium tuberculosis--can attack any part of your body, usually attack the lungs. TB can ... Details >
    National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE)
    The mission of the DTBE is to provide leadership in preventing, controlling, and eventually eliminating tuberculosis (TB) from the United States, in collaboration with partners at the community, state... Details >
    National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Funding Opportunities -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    From this page users can link to the CDC's Procurement and Grants Office or view notices and reports on funding opportunities. Organized into subject area including HIV/AIDS, cancer prevention, lead ... Details >
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Mantoux Skin Test for Tuberculosis
    Also available in: Hmong Khmer Laotian Vietnamese
    A Mantoux skin test is the best way to tell if you have TB infection. This test is usually given on the arm. A small needle is used to inject some testing fluid (called tuberculin) under the skin. A b... Details >
    Minnesota Department of Health
    Medicine for Tuberculosis Disease
    Also available in: Hmong Khmer Laotian Vietnamese
    Your health-care provider has prescribed medicine to kill the tuberculosis (TB) germs in your body. TB disease can be cured by taking medicine to kill the TB germs, but TB germs are strong. You need t... Details >
    Minnesota Department of Health
    Medicine for Tuberculosis Infection
    Also available in: Hmong Khmer Laotian Vietnamese
    Isoniazid (INH) is the medicine that is usually prescribed as preventive therapy. It kills the TB germs in your body. INH must be taken as prescribed by your health-care provider or it will not be eff... Details >
    Minnesota Department of Health
    Prevention News Update Database - CDC HIV/STD/TB
    The CDC NCHSTP Daily News Update Database consists of over 23,000 abstracts of articles about HIV/AIDS-, STD- and TB-related events in the news, trends in the epidemic, and research findings from majo... Details >
    Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Publications of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    This page lists entry points for publications from CDC by major centers and offices.... Details >
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Search for Organizations: CDC National Prevention Information Network
    Get descriptions of more than 19,000 organizations that provide resources and services related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. Services include case management, counseling and testing, prevention, educatio... Details >
    National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Tuberculosis
    Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic bacterial infection, causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease. With appropriate antibiotic therapy, TB usually can be cured. In recent years, however... Details >
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
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    American Association for Respiratory Care
    American Lung Association
    CDC National Prevention Information Network
    National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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