Sharing the spotlight in Durban: A report from IAS TB2016 at AIDS2016

J A Whitaker; J Sunstrum; S A Rizza

doi:10.1016/j.jctube.2017.03.002

Sharing the spotlight in Durban: A report from IAS TB2016 at AIDS2016

J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2017 Mar 9:7:34-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2017.03.002. eCollection 2017 May.

Authors

J A Whitaker¹, J Sunstrum^{1

2}, S A Rizza¹

Affiliations

¹ Mayo Center for Tuberculosis, Mayo Clinic 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
² Beaumont Health, Dearborn, MI, USA.

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is now recognized as the number one cause of death worldwide due to a single infectious pathogen and is the cause of death in one-third of people living with HIV worldwide. An inaugural pre-conference focused on TB (TB2016) was held at the International AIDS Society Conference AIDS2016. This report focuses on key messages from the TB2016 conference that are important for the medical, public health, activist, and scientific communities.

Keywords: Epidemiology; HIV; Prevention; Public health; Treatment; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

Editorial