Tuberculosis projects

 

EPI SURVEY

Epidemiologic study to assess the IGRA positivity in populations with a high TB burden.

ACT 1 & 2

Active case finding of tuberculosis in Vietnam.

ACT 3

Reducing the prevalence of tuberculosis in a highly endemic setting by community-wide active case finding.

ACT 4

Enhancing the public health impact of latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis and treatment: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial.

 

GENTB

GenTB is a study of human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis.

ACT 5

Test and treat to end tuberculosis.

VQUIN

Preventing multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high prevalence setting: ‘Connecting the DOTS’ in Vietnam.

2R-SQUARED

Higher dose rifampin for two months vs standard dose rifampin for latent tuberculosis: A 3-arm randomised trial.

BCG

Researching the impact of BCG-mediated immunity on the gut/lung axis and resistance to pulmonary TB