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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 25 Aug, 2007
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Review, August 25th, 2007

David Moore
Seven-Day Low-Cost Tuberculosis Diagnosis
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 355: 1539-50
DAVID MOORE, Imperial College, London and Lima
A new test for TB (reported in the New England Journal of Medicine) has proved more powerful, faster and yet
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 16 Aug, 2007
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News

Simon Lewin
Adherence to TB Medication
PLoS Med 4(7):e238. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238
SIMON LEWIN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
A new systematic review has shown that we don’t understand well enough the reasons for poor adherence to tuberculosis medication. Simon
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- in General Medicine · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- — 9 Aug, 2007
Tuberculosis: Non-Adherence to Treatment is a Major Obstacle to Therapy Success

Simon Lewin
REFERENCE: PLoS Med 4(7):e238. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238
SIMON LEWIN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Non-adherence is a big factor reducing the efficacy of tuberculosis treatment according to a review of research released by the Public Library of Science’s
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 18 Jun, 2007
Simple Intervention Could Significantly Improve TB Detection in Women
MISHAL KHAN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
REFERENCE: The Lancet 2007; 369:1955-1960
Giving comprehensive instructions to women before they produce a sputum sample can make tuberculosis detection more effective – that’s the conclusion of a study published in
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- in Public Health
- — 15 Apr, 2007
Once-And-For-All TB Assay Brings Cheap, Sensitive, Specific, Seven-Day Diagnosis and Drug-Susceptibility Testing
DAVID MOORE, Imperial College, London and Lima
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 355: 1539-50
A new test for TB, trialled in Peru, has proved more powerful and yet faster and cheaper than alternatives, making it especially suitable for use in
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