Tuberculosis in the UK

2025/03/31 by Jessica Potter, Felicity Perrin, Emily J. Shaw +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Medicine · #Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis #Mycobacterium research and diagnosis #Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.r604

openalex publication_date 2025/03/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Multipronged action is needed to reverse rising rates

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• UK’s tuberculosis crisis deepens as doctors report rise in prison cases

Discussions

• Things can change fast. In UK, after > a decade of declining incidence, TB is once again on the rise. In 2024, 5,480 people fell ill with TB in England, an increase of 13% from 2023, marking the highe [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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