Fri 21 Nov '25: Professor Tom Scriba will present an oral abstract titled: "Correlates of risk of TB disease following H56 administration to prevent disease recurrence " at the @UnionConference on Lung Health. 8:20-8:35 Venue: Auditorium 15 (Theatre). @stoptb.bsky.social @cidri-africa.bsky.social

Fri 21 Nov '25: Professor Tom Scriba will present an oral abstract titled: "TBS10-15 Correlates of risk of TB disease following H56 administration to prevent disease recurrence " at the Union World Conference on Lung Health. @tomscriba.bsky.social

Thursday 20 Nov '25: Dr Evans Muchiri to present oral abstract "Risk of progression to incident pulmonary TB among household contacts with abnormal chest X-rays in South Africa." at15:13 to 15:19 at the B2A venue.

Dr Sarah Nyangu will present and oral abstract titled: "SOA10-607-20 Chest radiographic TB screening using human vs. artificial intelligence reads in asymptomatic adult household contacts in South Africa. Time: 14:19-14:25. Venue: B2A @Conf2025.theunion.org

Doctor Simon Mendelsohn will present an oral abstract titled: TBS08-25 Universal screening for asymptomatic TB among adults with household exposure to a patient with pulmonary TB" at the Union World Conference on Lung Health. Time 9H28 in the Auditorium. conf2025.theunion.org

Researchers from SATVI presenting oral abstracts at the 2025 Union World Conference on Lung Health.

@satvi_uct Doctor Humphrey Mulenga will present and oral abstract on the risk of immunological sensitisation to M. tuberculosis and progression to incident TB disease in a high-burden setting.

TB Science 2025-UnionConference on Lung Disease. Dr Virginie Rozot will present a oral abstract during the TB Science 2025 on the sidelines of the @UnionConference on Tuesday 18 November between 14h40 and 16H15. shorturl.at/xVuCU

Doctor Virginie Rozot will present findings from a study into the relationship between mycobacterial synthetic activity and host immune systems in people with clinically active disease & those with no clinical signs from M.tb detected in lymph nodes. tinyurl.com/4shpx5cy

Professor @tomscriba.bsky.social will present an oral abstract on the immunological signatures of asymptomatic TB at the Union Conference on Lunge health on Wednesday 19 November 2025. conf2025.theunion.org/programme/

SATVI’s Tatenda L Bvudzijena will be presenting a poster at the HIP Research Dayon Thursday 30 October 2025.

SATVI’s Ahlisha Chetty will be presenting a poster at the HIP Research Day on Thursday 30 October 2025.

SATVI is inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship within our dynamic clinical immunology group to conduct immunology research on TB vaccines and immunopathogenesis in humans. Closing date: 31 October. @uctidm-mu.bsky.social @who.int lnkd.in/d7h4FNVg

The 2024 SATVI Annual Report is now available. Flipbook: online.fliphtml5.com/bqqif/qdae/ PDF download: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab653...

TB is the leading cause of disease of people living with HIV. TB can only be be beaten through the development of new vaccines to prevent TB infection and disease, quicker diagnostic tools and shorter, more effective drugs to cure. @stoptb.bsky.social; @cidri-africa.bsky.social; @who.int;

The @who.int (WHO) has convened a consultation aimed at accelerating progress in tuberculosis (TB) research through the establishment of a country-led, streamlined platform for clinical trials in TB treatment. www.who.int/news/item/28...

The @who.int is approving 6 software products for use in the computer-aided detection (CAD) of tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays during TB screening. who.int/news/item/11...

Dr Anele Gela, Research Officer at @satviuct.bsky.social‬ discusses the work that he does at the SATVI on host determinants of protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. open.spotify.com/episode/7nD5...

@usatoday.com reports that an estimated 11,000 additional TB patients have died after USAID funding freeze. If this continues, thousands more will likely die or lose a loved one, all from one shortsighted action. x.com/LSHTM_TB/sta...

@satviuct.bsky.social‬ Dr Simon Mendelsohn will be presenting a seminar titled "Beyond the Cough: Non-Sputum Strategies for TB Diagnosis" on 23 July 2025 at a UCT Institute of Infectious diseases and Molecular Medicine; INPERSON SEMINAR. @stoptb.bsky.social; idm.uct.ac.za/events/idm-c...

satviuct.bsky.social Professor @tomscriba.bsky.social has co-authored Humoral, T cell and immune gene expression responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in a small group of children with previous MIS-C appearing in the Vaccine journal. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bit of good news. NIH has lifted hold on payments for existing research grants to South Africa, in HIV & other infectious diseases. Although no new awards can be made, existing subawards with clinical research can continue under the new “supplement” plan. www.science.org/content/arti...

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

What sad is that there is a safe, efficacious vaccine which is administered in drop form and which prevents measles. Two doses of a combined vaccine called Measles, Mump and Rubella (MMR) provides the best protection against measles..

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

Research published in the @thelancet.com estimates that more than 14 million people could die the next five years from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, because of changes at the USAID. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

SATVI author Professor Mark Hatherill co-authored an article @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social in which the authors argue that people in prison have the right to participate in biomedical research, as long as their autonomy and rights are fully respected. www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/shou...

The Validate Network reports on a paper appearing in the @biomedcentral.bsky.social on the delivery of new tuberculosis vaccines to people living with HIV, when to vaccinate? bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Professor Mark Hatherill, Director SATVI will present a seminar titled: "A century of TB vaccine development" on Wednesday 18 June 2024 at the UCT Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine @uctidm-mu.bsky.social @tomscriba.bsky.social Attendance in person. Register at lnkd.in/dQGZHKbk

Findings from the IAVI A-050 study, published in @lancetgh.bsky.social demonstrate that vaccination with MTBVAC caused similar or stronger immune responses compared to the BCG vaccine in adults, of MTBVAC were as safe as BCG. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

‪ ‪Wednesday 18 June 2025: Professor Mark Hatherill, SATVI Director, to present seminar titled "A century of TB vaccine development" at Wolfson Pavilion, at the Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine @cidri-africa.bsky.social; @tomscriba.bsky.social idm.uct.ac.za/events/idm-c...

Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi speaks about the Titan Vaccine Research Project which will allow selection of most promising TB vaccine candidates. This work is supported by the South African mRNA Vaccine Consortium & funded by @samrcza.bsky.social @tomscriba.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwPM...

Immunopathology of TB: SATVI 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 @wellcomeleap.bsky.social a program of youtu.be/8_gCOAfWUpw

IN PRESS PUBLICATION: SATVI 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. @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147469/

The World Health Organisation have just released the latest consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis treatment and care. @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social who.int/publications...

The autobiography/memoir of Professor Wieland Gevers, a leading force behind the establishment of the UCT Institute of Infectious Diseases, which was eventually headed by SATVI co-founder Professor Greg Hussey, has recently been released by the @hsrcza.bsky.social. @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social

A recent study conducted by SATVI researchers has 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 @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social medrxiv.org/content/10.1...