TB Basics
- Basic TB Facts
Overview of TB from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: What TB is, how it spreads, and how it is diagnosed and treated. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Basic Tuberculosis Facts
Four minute podcast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Attention: Non-MDH link
- Latent Tuberculosis - It's More Common Than You Think
10 minute video presented by Dr. David Griffith, Assistant Medical Director, Heartland National TB Center. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Patient Education
Materials
Fact sheets and videos in English and other languages.
- TB Information for International Travelers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) information to help advise international travelers of health risks. Attention: Non-MDH link
TB Worldwide
- World Health Organization,
TB website
Attention: Non-MDH link
- International Union Against TB and
Lung Disease
Attention: Non-MDH link
- Stop TB Partnership
Attention: Non-MDH link
- The Lung Health Image
Library
Attention: Non-MDH link
Related links
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
Attention: Non-MDH link
- American Lung Association
General information about TB and other lung diseases. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Ending Neglect:
The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States (2000)
Report of a study done by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether TB elimination is a feasible national goal and provide pertinent recommendations on how to achieve that goal. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States. Attention: Non-MDH link
