Why does HIV so dramatically increase susceptibility to TB? Why do HIV positive people remain more susceptible once established on antiretrovirals? Join us to learn more about alveolar macrophages, T cells and the immune response to mycobacteria.
Paper: Jambo et al. Asymptomatic HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy exhibit impaired lung CD4(+) T-cell responses to mycobacteria. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014; 190(8): 938-47 [available here].
Presenter: James Brown, University College London
Chair: Marc Lipman, University College London
Time: 4-5pm, 5 February 2015
Venue: Tutorial Room 1, lower ground floor, Royal Free Hospital.
Tutorial Room 1 is on the Lower Ground Floor at the Royal Free Hospital. For a more detailed view, please click on the map [https://northlondontb.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/royal-free-hospital-lg-map.jpg]. For directions to the Royal Free Hospital, please click here [https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/contact-us/getting-to-our-hospitals/how-to-get-to-royal-free-hospital/].
North London TB Journal Club 