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What's new! CIDG publications July/August 2021
Impact of diagnostic strategies for tuberculosis using lateral flow ....
What was the aim of this review?
POC tests detecting HIV nucleic acids for diagnosis of HIV-1 or HIV-2 infection ...
Point‐of‐care tests for detecting HIV viral molecules in infants and children aged 18 months or lessWhy is improving the diagnosis of HIV infection important?
New Cochrane Review: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19
Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasites such as scabies in humans and intestinal helminths in cattle, was screened in 2020 for activity against COV
Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children
Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children
Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission
Researchers from the LSTM-based Cochrane Infectious Disease Group (
What's new! CIDG Publications June 2021
During June 2021, the CIDG published two Cochrane protocols, two new Cochrane reviews, and one Cochrane review update in Issue 6, 2021 of the 
Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) combined with pyrethroids in insecticide‐treated nets to prevent malaria in Africa
Researchers from LSTM confirm that in areas with high pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes, fewer people were in
Meet the CIDG team: Melissa Taylor
In this ‘Meet the CIDG staff’ feature we chat with Melissa Taylor, who joined the CIDG editorial base as a Research Assistant in November 2019.
Job vacancies in evidence synthesis – April 2021
LSTM’s Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health has led developments in systematic reviews in tropical medicine and international health.