London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine Audio News - Lshtm Podcast

With a growing threat from tuberculosis around the world—made worse by the spread of HIV/AIDS—there is an urgent need for new diagnostic tests for TB which are more appropriate for use in communities and small clinics rather than big hospitals. Peter Goodwin interviewed Ruth McNerney of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, organiser of a symposium on “Point-of-Care” tests for TB, held in the city of Porto, Portugal during the annual meeting of the European Society of Mycobacteriology (July 5-8, 2009).