Cough that spreads tuberculosis has pain-linked trigger

Researchers have pinpointed a molecule that the tuberculosis bacterium manufactures to induce the coughing that spreads the disease by triggering a pain-receptor response. Their findings illustrate that the spread of the disease might be prevented by developing a drug that inhibits production of a fatty acid called sulfolipid-1.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200306183349.htm