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Active TB Disease  External Link

Also available in: Hmong  Spanish  Vietnamese   External Link

This fact sheet gives general information about active TB disease including symptoms, complications, tests, and treatment.... Details >

Minnesota Department of Health  External Link

Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) Home Page

This page welcomes to the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mission of DTBE is to prom... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Enfermedad de TB  External Link

Esta pagina contiene informacion general de la Tiberculosis.... Details >

Minnesota Department of Health  External Link

Medicine for Tuberculosis Disease  External Link

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  External Link

Publications of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This page lists entry points for publications from the CDC by major centers and offices, including the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... Details >

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Questions and Answers About TB (Tuberculosis)

This page links to tuberculosis (TB) related questions, including what is TB, what is latent TB infection, and what is active TB disease.... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Search for Organizations: CDC National Prevention Information Network  External Link

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 >

Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network  External Link

TB- Related fact sheet  External Link

This page provide information on active TB disease, investigation, treatment and tests.... Details >

Minnesota Department of Health  External Link

The TB (Tuberculosis) Skin Test (Mantoux)  External Link

Also available in: Hmong  Khmer/Cambodian  Laotian  Vietnamese   External Link

The tuberculosis (TB) skin test, sometimes called a “Mantoux,” is a simple, harmless way to find out if one has latent TB infection. This fact sheet gives information about how the skin test is given ... Details >

Minnesota Department of Health  External Link

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

Tuberculosis - Get the Facts!

Also available in: Spanish 

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that usually affects the lungs. This fact sheet provides basic information about TB, including transmission modes, symptoms, spreading, and testing. The fact sheet also ... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis Facts: Exposure to TB

You may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) if you spent time near someone with TB disease of the lungs or throat. This fact sheet provides basic information about TB exposure, including how one is... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis Facts: TB Can be Cured

Tuberculosis (TB) disease can be cured by using special drugs that kill TB germs. But TB germs are strong. This fact sheet provides basic information about TB cure, including ways of protection from T... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis Facts: The TB Skin Test

A skin test is the only way to tell if you have tuberculosis (TB) infection. This fact sheet provides basic information about the TB skin test.... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis Facts: You can prevent TB

If you have tuberculosis (TB) infection, you may need treatment so you will not get TB disease later. This fact sheet provides basic information about TB prevention, including how to know if one has T... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis Patient Education Materials  External Link

Also available in: Khmer/Cambodian   External Link

This page links to tuberculosis brochures and fact sheets for patients. Materials are available by language, including Sapnish, Vietnamese, Amharic, Russian, and Somali.... Details >

Minnesota Department of Health  External Link

Tuberculosis Skin Test Fact Sheet  External Link

This fact sheet describes the Tuberculosis Skin test, including what it is, who should be screened with it, and treatment.... Details >

American Lung Association  External Link

Tuberculosis: General Information

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. This fact sheet provides basic information about TB, including symptoms, transmission modes, testi... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tuberculosis: Getting Healthy, Staying Healthy

Also available in: Spanish 

This page provides information on Tuberculosis, TB infection, and TB disease.... Details >

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

What Is the Role of Prisons in HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention?  External Link

This fact sheet addresses the incidence, prevalence, and impact of HIV on jail and prison inmates. Risk factors and barriers to prevention are discussed.... Details >

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies  External Link