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8-12 November 2007

38th Union World Conference on Lung Health

Confronting the challenges of HIV and MDR in TB prevention and care

[Presentations]

1-5 October 2007

29th meeting of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control

Partnering to develop diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis

[Presentations]

27-30 June 2007

4th Congress of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Growing concern over alarming increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB

[Presentations]

21-22 February 2007

FIND / STOP TB Partnership / Cellestis

The First Global Symposium on Interferon-gamma assays

[Overview and presentations]

16-17 March 2006

FIND / WHO

Workshop on T-Cell Based Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Resource-Limited Settings

[Presentations]

6 February 2006

FIND / WHO

Meeting on Development of New Diagnostics for Human African Trypanosomiasis

31 October 2005

FIND / OXFORD IMMUNOTEC

Symposium: Tuberculosis implementation of new diagnostics tools into routine clinical practice

FIND strategic approach and priorities setting for the TB public health sector [pdf 411Kb]
Dr Giorgio Roscigno, CEO FIND
Introduction to the new ELISPOT TB test (T SPOT-TB) and summary of clinical trial results [pdf 636Kb]
by Ajit Lalvani, Wellcome Senior Clinical Research Fellow & Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Oxford
Initial outcomes from longitudinal follow-up and implications for clinical use [pdf 1.9Mb]
by Luca Richeldi, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
Cost Effectiveness of T SPOT-TB Testing [pdf 223Kb]
by Peter West and Sarah Redmond, YHEC Ltd
Utility of the T SPOT-TB test in contact tracing [pdf 3.3Mb]
by J-P. Zellweger, Lausanne

28 October - 1 November 2004

5th Union World Conference on Lung Health

Symposium: Advances in the development of new diagnostic tests for TB

Perils and pitfalls in clinical trials of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis [pdf 79Kb]
by Richard O’Brien, MD, FIND
TDR activities in support of new TB diagnostics [pdf 2.5Mb]
by Jane Cunningham, Medical Officer, TDR