It's official! The Netherlands will host the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in 2018. The annual conference is one of the most important conferences on tuberculosis and is attended by delegates from more than 125 countries presenting research from every region of the...
Dr. Frank van Leth was elected Chair of the TBnet research network during its annual meeting held in Milan last week. TBnet is a European research collaboration consisting of over 600 members. Its constituency consists of clinicians and specialists from the field of immunology, laboratory science,...
The GeneXpert is a molecular test for tuberculosis (TB) which is much more sensitive than the mainstay of diagnosis in most parts of the world, sputum smear microscopy. South Africa was one of the first countries to implement it as the first-line diagnostic for TB....
In this non-randomized study in Kampala, Uganda, we implemented an SMS reminder service to help TB patients to remember to take their drugs and to offer them a line of communication to the clinic. The service was rated highly by the participants but was underpowered...
You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural lecture "The Next Generation" by Constance Schultsz, (Professor of Global Health, in particular emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance) on Thursday 14 September (4pm) at the aula of the University of Amsterdam. "The emergence and spread of infectious diseases, including infections caused by bacteria resistant...
The UNAIDS' HIV this month contains abstracts or summaries of articles and reviews from scientific journals that are carefully filtered from a selection of close to 1000 articles and reviews over a period of one month. The article "Treatment decisions and mortality in HIV-positive presumptive smear-negative...