Tuberculosis (TB) - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Phila

Описание: Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about tuberculosis, also known as TB, and the vaccine that protects against it. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Watch the episode to find out:
• The dubious distinction TB holds among infectious diseases
• The two forms the disease can take in people
• The parts of the body that can be infected and the different symptoms that can result
• The pros and cons of the different TB tests
• Some of the considerations around antibiotic treatment

00:00 Introduction
02:37 What causes TB
03:10 How TB spreads
03:31 Symptoms of TB
04:56 People at greater risk for TB
06:32 TB diagnosis and treatment
09:09 TB vaccine
11:35 Some common questions
13:22 Risks & benefits of TB and the vaccine

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Video created by and for the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC at CHOP) is composed of scientists, physicians, mothers, and fathers devoted to the study and prevention of infectious diseases. The Center was launched in October 2000 to provide accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.

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