World TB Day 2016: an interview with leading experts in tuberculosis research

Patrick P J Phillips; Helen A Fletcher; Ibrahim Abubakar; Marc C I Lipman; Timothy D McHugh

doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0591-9

World TB Day 2016: an interview with leading experts in tuberculosis research

BMC Med. 2016 Mar 23:14:55. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0591-9.

Authors

Patrick P J Phillips¹, Helen A Fletcher², Ibrahim Abubakar^{3

4}, Marc C I Lipman^{5

6}, Timothy D McHugh⁷

Affiliations

¹ MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH, UK.
² TB Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Helen.Fletcher@lshtm.ac.uk.
³ Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB, UK.
⁴ Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH, UK.
⁵ Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ UCL Respiratory, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK.
⁷ Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection & Immunity, UCL, Royal Free Campus, Pond Street, London, NW3 2 PF, UK.

Abstract

In this interview, we talk to leading tuberculosis (TB) experts from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about the current challenges in TB research. The video of this interview is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Die7MQBec&feature=youtu.be . The video can also be downloaded via Additional file 1.

Keywords: BCG; Biomarker; Diagnosis; Transmission; Treatment; Tuberculosis; Vaccines.

Publication types

Editorial
Interview

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research
Humans
Research
Tuberculosis*

Personal name as subject

Patrick Phillips
Helen Fletcher
Ibrahim Abubakar

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Personal name as subject

Grants and funding