QMUL TB Course

TB post graduate program

[Blizard Institute @blizard_inst]

Today we're sending all the supplies we can spare incl. 300 boxes of protective gloves to our staff + colleagues in the NHS in urgent need of #PPE equipment. This is to protect front line workers fighting #COVID19. Thanks for your amazing work under the challenges of #PPEshortage

[Simon Tiberi @SimonTiberi]

It’s TB day today, lets not forget about the disease that kills more people than any other infection. Continue to think TB!
Join us: WHO World TB Day Online Talk Show: https://t.co/t8GqrI3rbI

[Andrei Dadu @AndreiDadu]

Easy to read infografics about #covid19 vs #TB

See more here

https://t.co/FIN5r38McW

[Prof. Nicholas Hart @NickHartGSTT]

#COVID2019
2nd March
MORTALITY
2%* 2019-nCoV
SARS 9.6%
MERS 34%
Swine Flu 0.02%
Seasonal Flu 0.001%
*Estimated

MORTALITY
China 3.6%
Italy 2.4%
Hong Kong 2%
Japan 1.4%
South Korea 0.6%
Singapore 0%
UK 0%

Why is there a difference in virus infection to disease outcome?

[QMUL TB Course @CourseTb]

Coronavirus reigniting the discussion about face masks. But as exciting diagnostic tools?Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis output and detection of subclinical disease by face-mask sampling: prospective observational studies https://t.co/pmhV26rQnx #Tuberculosis #EndTB #PGCertTB