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HIV
Could GeneXpert viral load test represent a potential win-win for the TB and HIV responses?
Researchers comparing measures in India study say yes The breakthrough represented by the development and WHO approval in 2010 of the GeneXpert rapid test to detect […]
Tuberculosis
TB killed an estimated 239,000 children in 2015, nearly all of them untreated, study finds
Analysis shows TB may be sixth highest cause of under-five deaths; toll could be prevented with improved case-finding, diagnosis A study has produced the first estimates […]
Research & Development
Investigation of fatal congenital Zika cases show injury to spinal cord caused by virus
Report gives evidence that neurological impacts of Zika go beyond effects on brain development By the time pediatric pathologists explored the cases reported in the August […]
Policy
Ebola survivor study finds evidence of virus in semen more than two years after illness
Prolonged persistence of virus has personal, public health, research implications A Liberia-based study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases has found evidence of Ebola in the […]