Global Health Research Seminar Series - Tuberculosis in South Africa: novel diagnostics, outcomes, and transmission
- Starts:
- 1:00 pm on Monday, September 14, 2020
- Ends:
- 2:00 pm on Monday, September 14, 2020
- Location:
- Online Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95883476622?pwd=UXFlRjhia0owVzB0dyswYU5BeWVXZz09
- URL:
- https://www.bu.edu/sph/about/departments/global-health/global-health-events/weekly-global-health-research-seminar-series-fall-2020/
Speaker: Ribka (Rebecca) Berhanu, M.D. Instructor, Department of Global Heath, BUSPH Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Title “Tuberculosis in South Africa: novel diagnostics, outcomes, and transmission.”
The pace of development in tuberculosis diagnostics and treatment has accelerated in the past decade and no-where has the impact been more evident than in South Africa: an early adopter of new diagnostic technologies and treatment options for drug-resistant tuberculosis. This presentation will focus on results of diagnostic trials of Xpert Ultra, implications of Xpert Ultra for active TB case finding, and the cost and outcomes of drug-resistant TB treatment in a longitudinal cohort.
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95883476622?pwd=UXFlRjhia0owVzB0dyswYU5BeWVXZz09