Biography

Anna-Lisa Behnke is a medical doctor and currently pursuing a Master of Science of applied epidmiology at the Berlin School of ​Public Health (Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany). She is working in the field ​of new diagnostics and drugs for ​tuberculosis at the Institute ​of Infectious Diseases and Tropical ​(LMU Hospital) ​in Munich, Germay.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

The impact of prior TB on risk of subsequent TB in people living in households affected by TB: Results from the ERASE-TB study

Prior TB was a risk factor for subsequent TB independent of age, sex and HIV status. Possible reasons are genetic susceptibility, persisting lung damage, and other vulnerabilities on an individual or household level, which we did not measure or adjust for (residual confounding).

Source: Conference 2024
Diagnostic and predictive accuracy of a 3-gene M. tuberculosis Host Response Cartridge in household contacts – Updated results from the multi-centre prospective ERASE-TB study

Our results indicate that the MTB-HR might be useful in identifying HHCs who need further testing or closer follow-up for the detection and management of TB.

Source: Conference 2024