Rebecca Calderara is a primary care nurse practitioner who provides clinical care in both primary care and at the Seattle & King County Tuberculosis Control Program. She is actively involved in a CDC-funded research initiative through TBESC-III, focusing on latent tuberculosis infection in the primary care setting. In addition to her clinical and research roles, Rebecca is a Master of Public Health student and Bloomberg Fellow at Johns Hopkins University.
TST positivity among school-going children in India was high and suggests that up to half of all TBI in India occurs before adulthood. Active case finding for TB among school-children in India may be a high-yield strategy and targeting prevention efforts in this population may have population-level impact. Further research is needed to update TBI prevalence estimates among school-children in India and determine the yield of active case finding in this high-risk group.
Source: Conference 2024