
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
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The South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) is a tuberculosis research group housed within the UCT Health Sciences Faculty.
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17-11-2017 14:57:31
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Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi speaks about the Titan Vaccine Research Project which will allow us to select the most promising TB vaccine candidates. This work is supported by the South African mRNA Vaccine Consortium and funded by the SAMRC UCT IDM UCT Health Sciences Stop TB Partnership






Immunopathology of TB: South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative researchers discuss a groundbreaking study which investigates the role of lymph nodes in the context of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. The study was funded by a grant from Wellcome Leap. Wellcome youtu.be/8_gCOAfWUpw


Immunopathology of TB: South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative researchers discuss a groundbreaking study which investigates the role of lymph nodes in the context of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. The study was funded by a grant from Wellcome Leap Wellcome youtu.be/8_gCOAfWUpw


IN PRESS PUBLICATION: South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative authors have co-authored study which show global prevalence surveys showing that almost 63% of people with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis report no cough, and about 28% report no TB symptoms. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147469/


IN PRESS PUBLICATION:@satvi_uctauthors have co-authored study which report global prevalence surveys showing that almost 63% of people with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis report no cough, and about 28% report no TB symptoms.The Lancet Respiratory Medicine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147469




The World Health Organization (WHO) have just released the latest consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis treatment and care. who.int/publications/i…


South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative Professors Mark Hatherill, Tom Scriba & Elisa Nemes have co-authored a paper appearing in the The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. UCT IDM UCT Health Sciences UCT Research sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



A recent study conducted by South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative found that more than 50% of confirmed TB cases were asymptomatic and Chest X-ray screening missed more than 40% if asymptomatic cases. It appears on the medRxiv preprint server. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…


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