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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

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If present before vaccination, memory immune cells primed to destroy the environmental relatives might cross-react with and neutralize the BCG strain before it has a chance to set up an immune response against itself and M. tuberculosis. A Peace Corps Volunteer administers the BCG vaccine to a six-year-old Korean boy.

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The Forgotten Pandemic

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Archaeologists have found evidence of ancient Egyptian mummies carrying the pathogen’s DNA , including some that had developed Pott’s disease — a bending of the spine brought on by TB spreading to bones. Interferon gamma release assays pick up an immune response to the infection. The current lineage of M.