February 20, 2011

Who is Dr. Gail Cassell?

Dr. Gail Cassell has a list of achievements as long as your arm and can be considered an expert on TB.

In their tweets AERAS refer to Dr. Gail Cassel
<10% of new MDR-TB cases are treated each year G Cassell  
MDR-TB grossly underestimated, Gail Cassell
It takes MONTHS to diagnose untreatable TB - who is exposed while they wait?
Exactly, if a person has contact with a drug resistant case of TB they could be infected with drug resistant strain of TB. So how many infections are a latent form of drug resistant TB? Back to @aerasglobaltb
1/3 world's pop latently infected w TB; 1 in 10 will become sick