The silent killer: A paradigm shift in understanding tuberculosis
Advances in genomic surveillance have revealed that tuberculosis is vastly underdiagnosed around the world. A growing awareness of the prevalence of asymptomatic patients—and their roles in transmitting the deadly disease—is driving urgent research into new methods for diagnosing and treating tuberculosis. Our expert panel discussed the latest on a major global health threat.
SPEAKERS
Sarah Fortune, Chair, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Carole Mitnick, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School
Nicolas Menzies, Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MODERATOR
Vidya Krishnan, Journalist and author of The Phantom Plague
