Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) remains an important but under-recognized public health concern in settings where humans and livestock closely interact. Although TB transmission is well documented in Tanzania, limited molecular evidence directly linking livestock infections to human cases leaves uncertainty regarding […]
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) persister formation under antibiotic pressure is the main reason for long tuberculosis treatment and relapse. A key first-line antibiotic in TB treatment is pyrazinamide (PZA). The authors of this article established an in vitro assay, the time to detection (TTD) assay, to identify persister formation after PZA […]
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. This study was aimed at screening differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and exploring the potential immune mechanism induced by the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine in a humanized mouse model. Candidate DEGs between mice vaccinated with BCG or injected with PBS were identified through transcriptomics, and their biological […]
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Neutrophil infiltration of the lungs is associated with granuloma formation and the severity of tuberculosis infection. Although several cytokines and chemokines are known to contribute to lung neutrophil infiltration, the neutrophilic chemotactic factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remain unexplored. The authors of this paper performed Transwell based chemotactic assays […]