#MTBI members Dr. Lucía Carratalá & @joannaehrlich.bsky.social joined other colleagues to present updates on the final key study results, main indicators & data management.
👏A great opportunity to showcase the hard work behind Impactful research on the advances in TB diagnostics.
#endTB #Stool4TB
The #Stool4TB Consortium Annual Meeting in Eswatini kicked off with opening remarks from Dr. @agbasteiro.bsky.social, PI of the #MTBI initiative, and Ms. Rejoice Nkambule, Deputy Director of Public Health at Eswatini’s Ministry of Health.
This achievement highlights the power of collaboration, innovation, and commitment to advancing global health.
#Stool4TB focuses on validating a qPCR stool-based test designed to improve TB diagnosis in children and people living with HIV.
🔗 Learn more: www.stool4tb.org
✨The final annual meeting of the #Stool4TB Consortium in Mbabane, Eswatini, was a great success — marking the conclusion of five years of collaborative research to improve tuberculosis diagnosis.
Partners from across Eswatini, Uganda, and Mozambique came together to celebrate a major milestone!
Latest #Stool4TB research! Performance of stool Xpert Ultra for #Tuberculosis diagnosis among adults with #HIV
The study suggests it could be used as a complementary test in PLHIV, especially in those with low CD4
@hospitalclinic.bsky.social @isglobal.org @ub.edu
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🙌We are delighted to share that we have officially completed all recruitment for the #Stool4TB project.
The final numbers for their pediatric and adult cohorts stand at 1290 and 677 participants respectively. This is an amazing achievement!
Learn more: stool4tb.org
We want to share one of our latest research projects! This is the manuscript on performance of stool-based molecular tests on @thelancet.bsky.social led by @lucia.carratala & @agbasteiro.bsky.social
Full text👇🏾 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🤝 Thanks to all authors! On behalf of #Stool4TB
Square photo with a white background with a solid lavender purple wavy shape background containing the Stool4TB logo, text "100% complete Major Milestone Achievement, Paediatric Cohort". Below is the EDCTP logo and the EU flag.
Square photo with lavender purple background and white wavy shapes containing the Stool4TB logo, text "Paediatric cohort 1290 and adult cohort 677". Next line "Final number of Cohort participants". Below is the EDCTP logo and the EU flag.
The #Stool4TB Consortium has completed their cohort recruitment!
The final numbers for their paediatric and adult cohorts stand at 1290 and 677 participants respectively. We are energized by the community's willingness to join us on our journey to #EndTB #Tuberculosis!
Read more: stool4tb.org
The #Stool4TB Team recently published two papers, one on @thelancet.bsky.social microbe and another on the European Journal of Medical Research on #stool-based #Tuberculosis tests.
The papers focus on non-sputum based #TB testing and the results are promising! www.stool4tb.org/publications
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