A major landmark in the fight against malaria at WHO SAGE today. who.int/news/item/06-1…

#PLOSPathogens: Understanding the interaction between cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in children dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… CMV-TB co-infection - explains why children are more susceptible to severe TB than adults? Helen Fletcher TB Alert BPAIIG ESPIDSociety

Understanding the interaction between cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in children: The way forward A new #Review from LauraOlbrich, Dr. Lisa Stockdale, Helen Fletcher, James A. Seddon and colleagues University of Oxford London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Imperial College London buff.ly/3DMWyQ1

This is the definition of irony! I have to get through the paywall to read this paper about inequities in infectious disease control…

Check our diagnostic accuracy study protocol in Ped. TB: Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Yes! We can end TB. journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/… LauraOlbrich @NoHeinrich Denise Floripes Nyanda E Ntinginya Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS EDCTP FIND

#Tuberculosis in #children is often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed in time. An international research consortium led by LMU has now tested a promising new analytical tool that needs just a small blood sample from the fingertip. The Lancet Infectious Diseases lmu.de/en/newsroom/ne…

🦠🩸 A multicenter study reveals the diagnostic accuracy of a three-gene Mycobacterium tuberculosis host response cartridge using fingerstick blood. 🌍 Promising news for low-income and middle-income countries in the fight against TB. 🤝 EDCTP CISPOC - INS - DPCM Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS

Neues #Diagnostik-Tool, das unter Mitwirkung der #DZIF_Forschenden LauraOlbrich und Norbert Heinrich entwickelt wurde, ermöglicht verbesserte #Tuberkulose-Diagnose bei Kindern. Weltweit sterben etwa 240.000 Kinder unter fünf Jahren an #TB. dzif.de/de/neues-tool-… #Tuberkulose

Laura Olbrich LauraOlbrich from Universität München presenting findings from Rapaed TB project on evaluation of a novel GeneXpert host gene transcription assay for rapid diagnosis of childhood TB-a multicentre, prospective study in low and middle-income countries Nyanda E Ntinginya EDCTP

LauraOlbrich presenting Rapaed-TB project EDCTP forum. High proportion of children had a single specimen which Xpert Ultra trace positive. What does that mean? NIMR Mbeya Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS LMU Klinikum München

I love bumping into collaborators & friends! Thank you EDCTP for making scientific networks & collaborations key. Science can never be done by 1 institution and/or 1 person, LauraOlbrich NIMR Mbeya LMU Klinikum München Bariki Mtafya Dr Issa Sabi

Big shout out to Norbert Heinrich from LMU Klinikum München presenting at The Union Conference #TBScience diagnostic innovation for children. #RAPAED - an amazing achievement! LauraOlbrich Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS NIMR Mbeya Nyanda E Ntinginya Celso Khosa

If you are interested in the indirect effects of CMV infection, please keep 14-15 October 2024 free! Exciting hybrid conference - in London and online - supported by The Royal Society. More soon! #IDtwitter #epitwitter #TxID

Starting now: Munich for Women in Science Event. Looking forward to a fruitful day of science and networking Helmholtz Munich | @HelmholtzMunich Universität München Max Planck Society Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

The new World Health Organization (WHO) roadmap towards #endTB in children and adolescents - featured in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine thelancet.com/journals/lanre… World Health Organization (WHO) Tereza Kasaeva Sabine Verkuijl Farai Mavhunga Tiziana Masini Hannah Monica Yesudian Dias Annabel Baddeley The Lancet Respiratory Medicine MSF International

Next JC on *March 7* (please note date change) - Prof Jayne Sutherland & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MRC-Gambia colleagues presenting on LauraOlbrich & al #RaPaedTB host-response cartridge for childhood TB diagnosis 🧒🩸 tinyurl.com/4z7vv4j9 The Lancet Infectious Diseases - see you there for a great discussion.

Tuberkulose bei Kindern: Kleiner Piks für eine schnelle Diagnose. Mehr über die Forschung unseres Teams am Tropeninstitut mit LauraOlbrich im RaPaed-AIDA-TB Projekt finden Sie im aktuellen BMBF Newsletter: bit.ly/3TeiRZZ #RaPaedTB LMU Klinikum München Universität München

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unsere Kollegin Dr. Laura Olbrich LauraOlbrich vom Institut für Infektions- und Tropenmedizin LMU Klinikum München zur Auszeichnung als LMU Clinician Scientist of the Year 2024! 🥳🎉 lmu-med.blog/posts/lmu-clin… Universität München