On Monday 13 January 2014 - Tuesday 14 January 2014 the '4th International Workshop on HIV & Women, from Adolescence through Menopause' will take place in the Westin Georgetown in Washington DC, USA on 13-14 January 2014. For more information, please visit: http://www.virology-education.com/event/upcoming/4th-hiv-women-workshop-2014/ ...
Press release - 19 December 2013 - A novel triage approach results in lower costs for diagnosing tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries A group of Dutch, American, and British investigators show a cheaper way to diagnose tuberculosis. They report in the journal PLOS ONE that...
The Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA) houses the main departments and laboratories within the University of Amsterdam/Academic Medical Center (AMC) involved in patient care, education and research in the field of Infectious Diseases and Immunity. CINIMA coordinates, integrates and combines the knowledge present...
A study conducted in Brazil shows that cigarette smoking reduces the response to treatment of tuberculosis measured as the sputum culture becoming negative after 2 months. The effect remained after adjusting for differences between patients in disease severity and alcohol abuse. It was associated with...
The proposal for the Amsterdam Institute for Health and Technology (AIHT) has been ranked second by the jury of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Solutions Design Contest. The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and Duke University are honored with this nomination and is currently...
Making a diagnosis of tuberculosis in a resource-constrained setting is challenging, especially in a population with a marked prevalence of HIV. WHO issued guidelines to help health staff to systematically assess tuberculosis in patients presenting with cough. The manuscript describes how these guidelines work in...