Understanding patterns of #TB exposure and transmission is needed for targeted prevention strategies. In our latest pre-print, @petedodd24.bsky.social and I estimated the proportion of TB exposure to and transmission from sex and age groups for 177 countries. bit.ly/4nbV492

PhD opportunity: New approaches to modelling TB transmission in low-incidence settings. Supervised by Ellen Brooks-Pollock (Bristol), me (Bath) & Rajeka Lazarus (Bristol) Apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 20 Oct #PhD #Tuberculosis #Epidemiology #InfectiousDisease

#Imperial PhD studentship on #electronicpatientrecords analysis for UK #tuberculosis policy, with Onn Min Kon, Jenni Quint, Sharon Cox at #ukhsa and me. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

More projected impacts of cuts to international health aid on paediatric #tuberculosis urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we hypothetically "eliminated" undernutrition? In this preprint, we combined estimates from our new review (doi.org/10.1093/ije/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(doi.org/10.1101/2025...)

@cfmcquaid.bsky.social @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social @jaseddon.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social #endtb

The Union's TB Undernutrition working group is hosting a webinar with Dr Matthew Saunders. 📅 21 August at 2pm CET Dr Saunders (@lshtm.bsky.social‬) will share findings from a new analysis that redefines the relationship between BMI and TB incidence. 📧 To join email [email protected].

Check out our new @PLOSGPH paper exploring the impact and cost-effectiveness of near point-of-care technology for diagnosing #tuberculosis in children in primary healthcare settings. Read it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... From @petedodd24.bsky.social

Meeting the health needs of incarcerated people can be costly. We found that targeted #tuberculosis infection screening at 1st reception in England could be cost saving. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

WHO recommends treatment decision scoring algorithms to help diagnose child #Tuberculosis. Thx to #Unitaid, our TB-Speed team evaluated them to be very cost-effective for children with severe acute malnutrition in UGA & ZAM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In 2024, 68 million people were internally displaced by humanitarian crises, & are at increased risk of TB, the world's biggest infectious disease killer. We urgently need estimates to identify the scale of this problem & drive our response. We provide initial numbers here gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...

Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable! TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB. Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay

NEW PAPER with @tom-parks.bsky.social and @petedodd24.bsky.social in @ofidjournal.bsky.social Our tool can estimate extent to which misallocation of person time will result in spurious or optimistic estimates of intervention effects We find benefits of IVIG in STSS have likely been exaggerated

A tracker estimating TB deaths from USAID funding discontinuation #IDsky #TBsky tb.impactcounter.com

A tracker estimating deaths from freezing PEPFAR pepfar.impactcounter.com #HIVsky #TBsky #IDsky

Do not accept defeat. We don’t have time for despair. Read this important piece from one of my heroes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social We have work to do! #publichealth #medsky #emedsky #episky #resist #lgbtqSTEM #academicsky

Great article showing impact on Tuberculosis of funding freeze "Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US." #EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding

New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky

NEW PREPRINT! Enjoyed working with @tom-parks.bsky.social and @petedodd24.bsky.social on immortal time bias In its simplest form, ITB results from misallocation of person time, i.e. pre treatment time in intervention group being counted as time on treatment www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... [1/n]

This is the levofloxacin TPT Xmas double issue #TBsky

Here is the article and link (making sure it gets embedded): doi.org/10.1056/nejm... #idsky #tbsky

Newly out RCT data on integration of child TB services into routine care in KEN/CMR gh.bmj.com/content/9/12... #TBsky & our economic evaluation of it: gh.bmj.com/content/9/12...

Happy to have been part of the mammoth team effort reviewing and modelling the burden of TBM in children #TBsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today WHO released Guidance on evidence generation (GEG) on new regimens for #TB treatment — a first-of-its-kind document that advises researchers, developers, funders, and other stakeholders about how evidence should be generated to optimally inform WHO guideline development.

Despite encouraging progress in the global #HIV effort, the Sustainable Development Goal of ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030 is not on track. Ahead of #WorldAIDSDay, our latest Editorial explores the triumphs and threats of HIV in 2024. Read this & more in our new issue: bit.ly/4fL2ugz

Read this amazing preprint today: ~2% (156M) of the world recently infected with #tb. Between 4.9%~7.7% have viable infection. But emphasises we need +++ data on Mtb infection @aschwalbc.bsky.social @kchorton.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @hannahrickman.bsky.social

We host monthly online international journal clubs on the latest #tuberculosis literature. We welcome researchers, clinicians, and anyone else interested in #TB - eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join the mailing list & hear about future meetings.

#TBSky, if i wanna see a feed of all TB content, how do i do that? 🤔 @catherineberry.bsky.social @apcmd.bsky.social @petermacp.bsky.social etc

New research article in The Lancet Microbe Performance of stool-based molecular tests and processing methods for paediatric #tuberculosis diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #MicroSky #TB #OpenAccess #OA

#UnionConf2024 Why are 1.3m people still dying of TB? Despite increasing access to TB drugs we need to do more. Lots of wins getting drug prices down but battles take time and effort- people die waiting! Great talk by Christopher Perrin #IDsky #GHsky #TBsky 🧪🛟😷🩺

1/📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/yc6kbay9 - we estimate that 156 million people globally carry a recent, viable M. tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and are at high risk of progressing to TB disease.

More good news for #Bluesky! @tpwky.bsky.social (THIS PODCAST WILL KILL YOU) & host @erinwelsh.bsky.social have joined us! This is one of my favorite science podcasts about epidemics and weird medical mysteries. Follow swiftly - you won't regret it. And let's continue building our geeky community!

Starter packs are an excellent way on this platform to quickly find people / accounts in your feed with shared interest (and thus fill your timeline with relevant material). However, they are weirdly not easy to find.... until now. This tool should help blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Good news: Our community is growing! The IDSky Starter Pack has exceeded the max 150 accounts, so I’ve started on another (pls share here and the other place, and LMK if I missed you) IDSky starter pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky starter pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT

Here is a really nice report from BBC Scotland into our research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...