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The Conversation: Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality
Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for decades.
For World TB Day, CSU scientists take their tuberculosis research on the road
Leaders in mycobacteria research are renewing efforts to bring the next generation of researchers to the table to make new discoveries and win the long game against tuberculosis and related diseases.
Tuberculosis researchers find link between vaccine efficacy, environmental pathogens
Researchers at CSU are among the foremost experts on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease, and have for many years been dedicated to understanding its underlying immunopathology.
CSU researchers take a major role in identifying leprosy in wild chimpanzees
An international team that includes researchers John Spencer, Ph.D., and Charlotte Avanzi, Ph.D., of the Colorado State University Mycobacteria Research Laboratories has identified leprosy in wild chimpanzees in the West African countries of Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast.
CSU researchers discover that anti-malaria drugs can fight pulmonary disease
A research team at Colorado State University has discovered that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.
Researchers develop new way to evaluate tuberculosis treatments
Researchers hope this new method will accelerate the development of shorter treatment regimens.
International Women’s Day: Meet CSU scientist Marcela Henao-Tamayo
For International Women’s Day, SOURCE sat down with Marcela Henao-Tamayo — an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology and director of the Flow Cytometry Core at CSU.
Science Mag: Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees
Chimps in both West African sites suffer from leprosy, a disease never before documented in wild chimpanzees.
Tell Me More: A Conversation about Research at CSU with Dr. Marcela Henao-Tamayo
"What drives me is that we are working towards equal opportunities to live a healthy life. I am completely convinced that the work we are doing can improve health. I wake up thinking there is something important that I can do today, big or small." -Dr. Marcela Henao-Tamayo
Behind the masks: Sewing project brings a department together
Volunteers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology sewed over 1,000 face masks for employees to wear at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.