Conversations in Global Health

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A gathering of global health researchers.

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A Childhood TB Vaccine and Zika's Pathogenesis

December 19, 2019 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

Dr. Deborah Lewinsohn and Dr. Marcel Curlin present two distinct approaches to understanding infectious diseases in global health today. First, Dr. Lewinsohn, a co-founder and director of the Center for Global Child Health Research, dives deep into the search for an improved childhood TB vaccine. Then, Dr. Curlin discusses Zika’s development, or pathogenesis. Afterwards, the group discuss malnutrition's impact on TB as well as the latency of neurotropic viruses.