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Childhood TB: Time for a New Paradigm?
 
Location: EPI Research Facility, Room 150
 
Date and Time: 2/3/2010 4:00:00 PM
 
Anna Mandalakas, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Global Health & Diseases, and Epidemiology & Biostatics, Case Western Reserve University

Details:  The Emerging Pathogens Institute Seminar Series. One third of the world's population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This source of infected persons is the driving force behind the global TB epidemic that results in 1.8 million deaths per year. Recently developed interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) promise to improve our ability to accurately diagnose latent TB infection, predict TB disease progression and aid efforts to control TB. The ideal method to evaluate these potential IGRA applications is through large, prospective, community-based studies. Dr. Mandalakas will describe her current South African research projects designed to explore these applications and other questions relevant to the control of Childhood TB.