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Columbia University
Published: March 17, 2024, 2:18 p.m.·
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Treatment
Radiant Moms is a study that aims to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived demand for the new 17-week RPT-MOX regimen (rifapentine, moxifloxacin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide) for pregnant and breastfeeding women among key stakeholders. The study has been approved by the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Institutional Review Board in the U.S. and the Stellenbosch University Research Ethics Committee in South Africa, as a collaborative project.
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Global Laboratory Inititiave
Published: March 15, 2024, 8:30 p.m.·
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Diagnostics
The Secretariat of the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) of the Stop TB Partnership, that is hosted by the World Health Organization Global TB Program announced a call for applications for a new member specifically representing communities and persons affected by TB, to serve on the GLI Core Group in 2024-2026.
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: March 15, 2024, 7:01 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Public health
Public Health Action is the peer-reviewed open access journal of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. It communicates and reports new knowledge across all relevant areas of operational research including: infection control, nutrition, TB, HIV, vaccines, smoking, COVID-19, microbial resistance and disease outbreaks.
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Chris Dall
Published: March 14, 2024, 7:41 p.m.·
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TB epidemiology
Global tuberculosis (TB) incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) have decreased significantly in adolescents and young adults since 1990, but the incidence of drug-resistant TB increased, Chinese researchers reported in Pediatrics.
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Treatment Action Group
Published: March 14, 2024, 6:50 p.m.·
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Treatment,
Prevention,
Vaccines
Treatment Action Group (TAG) released an overview of TB research data reported at the 31st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) held on 3-6 March 2024 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: March 14, 2024, 3:58 p.m.·
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Advocacy
Community Connect, an open-access space, is a valuable addition and important highlight of The Union World Conference of Lung Health 2024. This year’s program will comprise of sessions in 4 tracks.
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ADLM
Published: March 14, 2024, 3:37 p.m.·
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Diagnostics
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2024 -- A new tuberculosis (TB) test disclosed in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine's (formerly AACC's) Clinical Chemistry journal would allow testing for TB treatment monitoring to occur outside of a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory. This could help reduce worldwide mortality from TB by enabling low- and middle-income countries that lack BSL-3 facilities to treat TB more efficiently.
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Amsterdam University Medical Center
Published: March 13, 2024, 8:11 p.m.·
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Scientific research
March 13, 2024 -- More than 80% of patients with tuberculosis, the world’s most deadly infection, do not have a persistent cough, despite this being seen as a key symptom of the disease. The infection is predominantly transmitted by coughing, but probably also through simply breathing. Research, led by Amsterdam UMC and the Amsterdam Institute for Global Heath and Development, analysed data on more than 600,000 individuals in Africa and Asia and found that 82.8% of those with tuberculosis had no persistent cough and 62.5% had no cough at all. These results are published today in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Amsterdam University Medical Center
Published: March 12, 2024, 6:02 p.m.·
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Scientific research
March 12, 2024 -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes a tuberculosis infection, is present in exhaled breath of 90% of those presenting with suspected tuberculosis. This includes those who were negative on conventional sputum testing and not diagnosed with TB. This raises the possibility that those who have tested negative may be unknowingly transmitting the infection. Researchers from the University of Cape Town and Amsterdam UMC analysed results from over 100 patients who presented themselves to clinics in South Africa. These findings are published today in PNAS.
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: March 8, 2024, 9:32 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Public health
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
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