Factors driving hot-spots of multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Factors driving hot-spots of multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Professor Sébastien Gagneux
1 Hour
Curated for
Primary care doctors & Secondary care doctors & Tertiary care doctors
Subject
Respiratory medicine
Duration
1 Hour
Certified:
CPD
EXPERT TALK
Overview
Professor Sébastien Gagneux provides an overview of tuberculosis (TB), delving into the reasons on how TB becomes resistant in individuals.
CONTENT
Learning objectives
- Gain insight into reasons on how TB becomes resistant in individuals; acquired resistance, and transmitted resistance
- Overview hot-spots of MDR-TB
- Learn how to measure bacterial fitness
- Discuss evolution of drug resistant
EXPERT
Professor Sébastien Gagneux is a Professor of Infection Biology and Head of the Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)/University of Basel.
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