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We have more newsletters Show MeNo thanks, close See our Privacy Notice An ancient disease is overtaking covid as the world's most deadly, experts have warned. Tuberculosis, known as TB, poses a threat to the UK. A clinical trial is currently underway in Africa which hopes to tackle the hidden pandemic. British Professor Robert Wilkinson is leading a global call to find a one-shot vaccine with research institutions in the US, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Ivory Coast. Currently medication takes at least six months, and if drugs are stopped early it can come back in a much more deadly drug-resistant form. The NHS stopped offering the BCG vaccine against TB to all children in 2005, instead targeting only children who may travel to badly-affected countries, the Mirror reports. READ MORE: Brothers made paedophile pensioner drive to remote road before beating him to death However, immunity does not last past the teenage years. This is the focus of a clinic run by Prof Wilkinson, of London's Francis Crick Institute. "It's inevitable TB will be the most deadly infectious disease in the world again," he said. "The proportion of resistant TB is gradually increasing everywhere and that is a problem in Europe too. "We should ensure all legal and illegal arrivals to the UK have access to health care and, if necessary, screening and early treatment. Even if they are detained for illegal arrival, they have a right to care and it is advantageous for the UK to provide that." TB cases imported into England have started to increase after a decade-long decline. Almost a third of patients who catch this growing mutant form die. PROMOTED STORIES The World Health Organisation put annual TB deaths at 1.6 million during 2021, with 2022 figures expected to be higher. Our World in Data, based at Oxford University, puts Covid-19 deaths in 2022 at around 1.2m. Prof Wilkinson added: "Most people, if you told them TB deaths were of a similar order of magnitude as Covid, they would not believe you. There aren’t enough resources compared to covid. It’s a drop in the ocean." Latest data shows a TB rate of 7.8 cases per 100,000 in England in 2021. This compared to 4.7 in Germany and 2.4 in the US. Dr Meera Chand, of the UK Health Security Agency, said: "We are working with the NHS to strengthen prevention, detection and treatment." HISTORY AND SYMPTOMS: TB has been around for 9,000 years and from 1600 to 1800 in Europe caused 25 per cent of all deaths. It is still killing one person every 20 seconds globally. This means it comes back stronger and treating these super strains can take two years. Sadly, almost a third of such patients do not survive. Therefore it is vital to develop quicker treatments that kill off the disease before more mutant strains develop and spread. TB most often affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit. The problem with quickly finding and treating patients who catch TB is that the symptoms can be more wide ranging. They can include a prolonged cough sometimes with blood, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, fever and night sweats. In rare but severe cases where the infection goes to the brain it can cause severe headaches, irritability, and whole body pain. Children are at higher risk from TB as are smokers and people with weakened immune systems and diabetes. Prof Wilkinson is leading talks with research institutions in the US, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Ivory Coast with the ultimate aim to find a 'one shot' treatment that cures TB. The aim is to enrol 10 to 15 of them to set up trials at multiple sites and repurpose existing drugs for TB including powerful anti-inflammatory pills. One being considered, Infliximab, is currently used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Prof Wilkinson said: "There’s evidence to suggest the target of that drug contributes to the tissue damage in TB meningitis. "It is a very powerful, long acting anti-inflammatory with the advantage that you only need an injection every two to four weeks. That would be a one shot jab but it’s only a hypothesis at this stage." 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