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Requiring tuberculin skin tests before implementing IPT leads to avoidable and substantial number of TB cases

Delaying a course of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) because a person with HIV hasn’t yet had a tuberculin skin test (TST), or

Published
20 July 2010
By
Theo Smart
Tuberculosis and HIV
South African gold mines a 'TB factory', activist claims

The gold-mining sector came under heavy criticism from clinicians, ex-miners, advocacy groups and the Minister of Health for the tuberculosis crisis it faces at the

Published
10 June 2010
By
Lesley Odendal
TB transmission and prevention
Therapeutic TB vaccine could reduce latent TB treatment to one month

A vaccine, designed to be used alongside isoniazid preventive therapy to shorten the course of drug treatment in people with latent TB, will shortly undergo

Published
06 May 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Tuberculosis and HIV
Trial of TB vaccine candidate begins in people with HIV

Crucell and the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation today announced the start of a Phase II clinical trial of the jointly developed tuberculosis (TB) vaccine

Published
14 April 2010
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Press Release
TB transmission and prevention
Isoniazid preventive therapy doesn't increase risk of resistant TB

Treatment with isoniazid preventive therapy does not lead to the development of drug-resistant tuberculosis, South African investigators report in the April 24th edition of AIDS.

Published
13 April 2010
By
Michael Carter
TB transmission and prevention
More evidence supports isoniazid for TB prevention in people with HIV

Two new studies presented this week at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco add weight to a growing expert

Published
19 February 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
TB transmission and prevention
TB & HIV in Practice

This article looks at new results of isoniazid preventive therapy and policy implications  in resource-limited settings.

Published
18 December 2009
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB treatment
Childhood TB (part 3): treatment and prevention

This is the third part of Childhood TB covering treatment and prevention including antiretroviral treatment for children co-infected.

Published
22 December 2008
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB transmission and prevention
TB transmission in healthcare settings and improving infection control

TB infection control in health care facilities is vital for the control of TB among people with HIV.

Published
19 December 2006
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

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Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

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