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
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
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
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.