RePORT-Brazil in the Spotlight - CID Article
A recently publication in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases is catching attention. The Xpert® MTB/RIF cycle threshold value predicts M. tuberculosis transmission to close contacts in a Brazilian prospective multicenter cohort was published by the RePORT-Brazil consortium, with authorship being led by the team at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
RePORT-Brazil publication: Role of genetic polymorphisms in latent tuberculosis (TB) infection and progression to active TB
The first scientific publication generated from the RePORT-Brazil collaboration was published this week in Clinical Infectious Disease. This paper investigates the role of genetic polymorphisms in latent tuberculosis (TB) infection and progression to active TB.
AIDS-defining events increase mortality risk, study led by April Pettit
This article was published in the Research News @ Vanderbilt online blog.
Original publication: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29334197
"When they occur among people living with HIV, certain cancers and opportunistic infections are considered by health authorities as AIDS-defining events, or ADEs.