Adolescents may particularly be interested in digital adherence technologies (DATs) to support TB treatment. We performed the first analysis of DATs for adolescent TB, and found high uptake, higher treatment success and lower loss to follow up: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuat...

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Although several AI algorithms can interpret chest x-rays for TB, we still do not have validated or approved CAD products for children. With @jaseddon.bsky.social and colleagues, we shared our thoughts on how to advance CAD for #pediatricTB:

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Enjoyed working with the CA TB controllers association to develop a simple aid to guide #TBprevention in children, please check it out here and share: ctca.org/wp-content/u...

@citc-tb.bsky.social #tuberculosis #LTBI

Check out our new paper!

In this work, the authors use #proteomics to identify plasma protein signatures as biomarkers of #tuberculosis disease in children

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@ucsf-ctb.bsky.social @tb-innovation.bsky.social

We need new biomarkers to improve TB diagnosis in children. In the COMBO study, we performed a comprehensive plasma proteomic analysis across 4 countries and found several protein signatures that met the WHO target accuracy for a TB screening test: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Happy to be involved in these two TB diagnostic reviews
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Great team lead by Stephanie Bjerrum, Laura Olbrich, Maunank Shah and @djaganath.bsky.social, with methodologists @yangbd.bsky.social and @tweis.bsky.social

@cdenki.bsky.social @ucsf-ctb.bsky.social @tb-innovation.bsky.social

New Publication: We conducted a multi-country prospective comparison of 3 methods for stool processing for Xpert Ultra testing for childhood TB, and found they performed similarly and were usable and acceptable by lab workers: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-.... @cidjournal.bsky.social #tbsky #idsky

The recording is now available for the University of California, San Francisco Grand Rounds: Advances and Local Strategies in Pediatric TB presented by Dr. Ann Loeffler

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We need new ways to classify TB severity in children. Our new paper in @jpidsociety.bsky.social shows a 3 gene signature that only requires a finger prick could be helpful for children with confirmed TB: doi.org/10.1093/jpid...

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Upcoming UCSF Grand Rounds: Advances and Local Strategies in Pediatric TB

Presented by Dr. Ann Loeffler

📅 April 17th
⌚ 12:00 pm Pacific Time

Watch on Zoom: ucsf.zoom.us/j/9748140490...

#PediatricTB #Tuberculosis #TBSky

Check out our new publication on the accuracy of TB treatment decision algorithms for childhood TB in Uganda: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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#Tuberculosis Research at the National Institutes of Health – Saving Lives, Shrinking Costs, Fueling American Jobs and Innovation www.treatmentactiongroup.org/publication/... #NIH #TB #HIV

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Why should we help? I’ve heard many complex reasons, but ultimately because we can and should. #idsky #tuberculosis #hiv

Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order

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We cannot let the amazing progress we have made be lost; #idsky #pedsky #tuberculosis

Here’s the link to the new HHS campaign to combat misinformation about vaccines, which are the greatest miracle of modern medicine (and vaccines are one of the few cost-saving health interventions we have). #IDSky www.hhs.gov/letsgetreal

Congrats to the TB-CHAMP and VQUIN teams on their landmark work to guide treatment of MDR-TB exposure. This also shows we can conduct parallel and coordinated child and adult studies to advance care for all.
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