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TB Notes 3, 2000
Update from the Research and Evaluation Branch
Upcoming International Meeting on Diagnostic Tests
The CDC is organizing a meeting of industry representatives,
academic researchers, TB control staff, and representatives from
NIH, WHO, and CDC, to 1) determine the state of the art in the area
of diagnostics for active TB and latent TB infection, 2) outline
remaining questions pertinent to TB diagnostics, 3) identify novel
and potentially useful approaches to TB diagnosis, 4) develop a
research agenda to address development of new diagnostics and promote
effective strategies for existing diagnostics, and 5) examine potential
mechanisms for funding the proposed research. The meeting will be
held in Atlanta, Georgia, this spring.
The importance of this meeting is reflected in a recent
report on TB by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), entitled Ending
Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States.
In the report, the IOM gave a high priority to the development of
improved diagnostic tests, not only for the United States, but for
global TB control as well. The report’s authors recognized limitations
in current methods of identifying active TB and stated that "a
highly specific test that detects individuals at the highest risk
of developing disease in the future would have a greater impact
on the elimination of TB in the United States than a vaccine that
prevents infection." For further information on the meeting,
please contact Dr. Jerry Mazurek in the Research and Evaluation
Branch, (404) 639-8123.
—Reported by Jerry Mazurek, MD
Division of TB Elimination
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