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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflet on Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis - the disease, its treatment and prevention
Information from the Department of Health.
Tuberculosis Factsheet
Information from the Welsh Government.
Tuberculosis
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Tbalert
Aims to increase awareness in Britain of the threat of TB both worldwide and at home and to raise funds to support operationalwork against the disease in the countries most affected.
The truth about TB
Campaign which centres on the experiences of people who have had TB.
Tuberculosis
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Tuberculosis
Information from the British Lung Foundation.
Tuberculosis
Information from the British Thoracic Society.
TB information
Information provided by UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tuberculosis (TB)
Information from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Medicine Guide for Tuberculosis
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Tuberculosis
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
BCG (tuberculosis) vaccination
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.