Philippe Gros
PhD
Professor
Mailing adress:
Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Building. Room 336
3649 promenade Sir-William-Osler
Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1
Contact Information
Office Phone:(514) 398-7291
Lab Phone: (514) 398-2542
Fax: (514) 398-2603
Marianna M. Newkirk
PhD
Assosiate Professor
Mailing address
1650 Cedar Avenue, Room R4.141
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1A4
Contact Information
Office Phone: (514) 934 1934 x44587
Lab Phone:
Fax:
Email
marianna [dot] newkirk [at] mcgill [dot] ca
Associate members
celia [dot] greenwood [at] utoronto [dot] ca (Celia Greenwood)
Dept. of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
theresa [dot] gyorkos [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Theresa W. Gyorkos)
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal General Hospital
Brian J. Ward
MSc; MDCM; DTM&H;
Associate Professor
Mailing address
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1A4
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These bacteria infect about one-third of the world's population, but only an estimated 5%-10% of infected people will develop the active form of tuberculosis in their lifetime. The other 90%-95% of people appear to be able to contain the infection in a dormant/latent state, so that they do not become ill. Because tuberculosis is so prevalent, an estimated eight million people develop active tuberculosis each year, of which 2 million to 3 million die.