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CIDG end of year message 2019
As 2020 approaches, the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base in Liverpool thanks its readers, authors, referees, and editors for their contributions to the CIDG’s work throughout 2019. In this end of year newsletter, we reflect on the CIDG’s achievements, changes, and plans as we enter 2020.
Cochrane’s Virtual #CochraneSantiago 2-6 December 2019
Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to promote evidence-informed decision-making.
What's new! CIDG publications October 2019
Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 10, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 31 October 2019).
Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIV – review update
New podcast: Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults
Most Cochrane Reviews look at the effects of interventions on health, but a growing number provide evidence on how to diagnose a disease. In June 2019, one of these, on a test used to detect tuberculosis, was updated. The lead author, David Horne from the University of Washington in Seattle in the USA, sets the scene and tells us what the review found
Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal TB or disseminated TB with abdominal involvement in people with HIV
This article below was first published on the Cochrane.org website. 
What's new! CIDG publications September 2019
Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 9, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 30 September 2019).
Featured Review: Treating school children with drugs to kill soil - transmitted worms
This article below was first published on the Cochrane.org website
New podcast: Effects of starting antiretroviral therapy within one week of diagnosis on people living with HIV
Among the dozens of Cochrane Reviews of various treatments for people with HIV or AIDS, are some that look more at how the treatments should be used, rather than the treatments themselves. One of these examines the timing of the start of treatment, and it was published in June 2019. Lead author, Alberto Mateo from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, tells us about the evidence base and the findings for this important question.
What's new! CIDG publications August 2019
Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 8, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 31 August 2019). Two new reviews