Einstein awarded NIH grant to study drug-resistant TB

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Tue, 06/01/2010 - 22:00

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) The National Institutes of Health has awarded scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $3.9 million grant to study how extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is transmitted in rural South Africa.

The findings could alter public health approaches for controlling the XDR-TB epidemic in the developing world.

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