UCT Lung Institute

18th December 2023

A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer

Growing up in India, which for decades has clocked millions of tuberculosis cases each year, Lalita Ramakrishnan was intimately familiar with how devastating the disease can be. The world’s greatest infectious killer, rivaled only by SARS-CoV-2, Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads through the air and infiltrates the airways, in many cases destroying the lungs.
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18th March 2023

10% of undiagnosed TB cases found in Mitchells Plain and Klipfontein communities

The study by the US National Institute of Health and the South African Medical Research Council embarked on a case finding of undiagnosed TB in Mitchells Plain and Klipfontein in Cape Town. Ntsika Majiba from The Argus recently caught up with the researchers for an interview.
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11th March 2023

Progress in Diagnosing TB

The fight against TB continues. And health professionals are making strides in monitoring and identifying new cases. A study conducted in Mitchell’s Plain and Klipfontein utilises a low-cost scalable mobile mini-clinic, operated by two health care workers. The clinics portable battery-operated DNA-based diagnostics tools are used to identify or track active. This replaces the older smear-microscopy diagnostic methodology. Professor Keertan Dheda from the University of Cape Town and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins me now live to tell us more about this.
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27th January 2023

As with Covid-19, the effects of TB can linger after it is cured.

According to the World Health Organization, of the roughly 10 million people who fall ill with TB annually, over 80% survive. Unfortunately, as with long Covid, being cured of TB is not always the last hurdle and many people go on to struggle with post-TB lung disease. Tiyese Jeranji asked local experts about this sometimes-neglected area of TB care.
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24th January 2023

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2022)

In 2022, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers. Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.
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1st September 2011

Leading from the front

UCT won no less than three nominations – more than any other institution – when the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) recently recognised […]
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