Multidirectional Benefits of Nanotechnology in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis

Despite the curious advancement in medical science and therapeutics, tuberculosis (TB) persist the primary factor of mortality than any other infectious disease and socioeconomic disaster for millions of people around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), orld’s One-third of the population is infected with this disease and of these, 8 to 10 million people develop active disease and 2 million people die each year and the rest of the infected people remain asymptomatic. After HIV/AIDS, it is serving as world’s second cause of death.