TB Summit 2014: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis-a meeting report of a Euroscicon conference.

摘要: World TB Day commemorates Dr Robert Koch’s first announcement on March 24, 1882, that the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is causative agent of tuberculosis. Currently, event comprises several conferences, meetings and activities held all over world with singular intention raising public awareness about global health emergency. In spite having discovered etiological more than a century ago, sizeable population still contract disease every year fall prey to it. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed 1.3 succumbing The number deaths in children unacceptably large, given most are preventable. However, challenge appears be shifting toward attempts control rise spread drug resistant variants microbe. To achieve this, concerted effort from academia, clinical practice, industry has been put forth. The Summit 2014 attempted raise as well bring together experts involved different aspects research help establish collective approach battle this age-old disease.