Alex Richards
@alexsrichards
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Research Fellow @LSHTM | TB natural history and @LIGHTonTB | Otherwise, probably 🏊♀️ 🚴♀️🏃♀️ or walking my dog
Joined April 2013
Marking #WorldTBDay with our work being published! . Check out the review in @LancetRespirMed and my follow-on modelling work in @LancetGH Thanks to everyone involved!.@bianca_sossen @Rein_Houben @hanifesmail_tb .@LSHTM_TB @lshtm_tbmod @cmmid_lshtm.
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RT @kc_horton: In our new short report in @JIDJournal, we estimate that half of all Mtb transmission occurs before individuals would be exp….
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RT @johngreen: Premiering in 30 minutes: A new kind of crash course that digs deep into one subject. Our first Crash Course Lecture is on h….
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RT @JonCEmery: Our paper estimating the infectiousness of subclinical tuberculosis and its contribution to transmission has now been publis….
elifesciences.org
Data analysis and mathematical modelling suggest that subclinical tuberculosis contributes substantially to transmission and needs to be diagnosed and treated for effective progress towards tubercu...
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RT @Rein_Houben: Exciting to see this paper led by @kc_horton out today in PNAS Putting years of work together to….
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RT @LIGHTonTB: Happening today #UnionConf2023!. Led by @TheUnion_TBLH Gender Equity in TB Working Group, the session presents opportunities….
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RT @propublica: New: A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the p….
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A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corpor...
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RT @ra_clark18: Happy to share that the second paper from my #PhD is now available online at @BMCMedicine! 🎉. Our modelling has shown that….
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Background India had an estimated 2.9 million tuberculosis cases and 506 thousand deaths in 2021. Novel vaccines effective in adolescents and adults could reduce this burden. M72/AS01E and BCG-reva...
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RT @johngreen: I HAVE RETURNED TO MAIN because I am FURIOUS that @JNJGlobalHealth is preventing millions from accessing life-saving treatme….
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RT @sportswithjohn: Johnson & Johnson (@JNJGlobalHealth) is unjustly extending a patent on a life-saving tuberculosis drug. Today's the day….
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RT @LIGHTonTB: Join @LIGHTonTB, @sshiftb & @TheUnion_TBLH Gender Equity in #TB Working Group for a #webinar on meaningful engagement with A….
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RT @nabilashaikhs: From SARS-CoV-2 to Dengue, why ignoring asymptomatic infections can be detrimental to disease control. Big thank you to….
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RT @NeurosciAllgire: Is anybody who has done an international postdoc willing to chat about the logistics? Especially if you have a partner….
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RT @LancetGH: From the April Issue: The impact of alternative delivery strategies for novel tuberculosis vaccines in low-income and middle-….
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RT @LSHTM_TB: Quantifying progression and regression across the spectrum of pulmonary tuberculosis: a data synthesis study .
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For people with subclinical tuberculosis, classic clinical disease is neither an inevitable nor an irreversible outcome. As such, reliance on symptom-based screening means a large proportion of...
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RT @LancetRespirMed: NEW Research in @LancetGH — For people with subclinical #tuberculosis, classic clinical disease is neither an inevitab….
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RT @MRCCTU: 🚨New paper in @LancetRespirMed for #WorldTBDay!.The team explore how untreated #tuberculosis can transition between different s….
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RT @MRCCTU: This #WorldTBDay, learn about #tuberculosis disease progression & regression in our new paper in @LancetGH.🔗.
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RT @LSHTM: On #WorldTBDay, @alexsrichards explains why new tests are needed to detect asymptomatic tuberculosis as research shows 25% of pe….
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RT @cmmid_lshtm: On #WorldTBDay we speak with @kc_horton about her work using mathematical modelling 📈to estimate the potential population-….
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RT @LIGHTonTB: It is #WorldTBDay . #Countries need to accelerate innovations to remove any access barriers, reduce delays in diagnosis, and….
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