{"id":106383,"date":"2025-01-13T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uanl.mx\/?post_type=noticias&p=106383"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:57:54","slug":"uanl-sets-global-standards-in-tuberculosis","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/www.uanl.mx\/en\/noticias\/uanl-sets-global-standards-in-tuberculosis\/","title":{"rendered":"UANL sets Global Standards in Tuberculosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

UANL’s Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections<\/span><\/span> is a national referent <\/span>in the development of new <\/span>tendencies <\/span>to fight against tuberculosis<\/span> on <\/span>a global<\/span> level.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Its participation <\/span>to address <\/span>several<\/span> tuberculosis <\/span>patterns<\/span> at <\/span>a <\/span>guaranteed committee<\/span> from <\/span>the <\/span><\/span>World Health <\/span>Organization (WHO)<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>European Respiratory Society (ERS)<\/span><\/span> has been thanks <\/span>to <\/span>t<\/span>he work it has p<\/span>erformed during the last 15 years <\/span>in Nuevo Le\u00f3n and Mexico, ack<\/span>nowledged at an international level.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuberculosis <\/span>remains<\/span> one of t<\/span>h<\/span>e ten leading causes of mortality in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 facts about TB:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • M<\/span>ore than <\/span>10 million people<\/span> contracted tuberculosis and 1.7 million died from the disease<\/span> back in 2016.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • When a tuberculosis patient <\/span>talks<\/span>, <\/span>coughs<\/span>, <\/span>or<\/span> sneezes, <\/span>they can spread the infection through <\/span>the air, leading to another infected person once <\/span>they inhale the particles <\/span>of the bacteria.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • If a person has already been infected, the disease does not appear <\/span>immediately<\/span>; it may take months or years to appear.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    UANL against TB<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
    \n

    What is TB?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Tuberculosis (TB) is<\/span> a<\/span> respiratory <\/span>disease<\/span>. The <\/span>following <\/span>are the most <\/span>common symptoms:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Cough<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Coughing up blood or mucus<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Weight loss<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Fever<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      UANL’s Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections<\/span> fight against TB with:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Crop farm<\/span><\/li>\n
      • QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Molecular Biology Test<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        For <\/span>further<\/span> information<\/span>, please<\/span> contact <\/span>the University<\/span> Hospital Tuberculosis Clinic<\/span> at<\/span> 8346-6216.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        UANL’s Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections is a national referent in the development of new tendencies to fight against tuberculosis on a global level. Its participation to address several tuberculosis patterns at a guaranteed committee from the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) has been thanks to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":106386,"template":"","tags":[21759,21758,9385,14385],"class_list":["post-106383","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-european-respiratory-society","tag-treatment-of-respiratory-infections","tag-uanl-research","tag-university-hospital","noticia-category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUANL sets Global Standards in Tuberculosis - Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez' University Hospital (HU) is\u202fa\u202fpioneer\u202fin diagnosing tuberculosis. 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