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- Title
Profile: Richard Chaisson.
- Authors
Diamond, Bruce
- Abstract
This article focuses on Richard Chaisson who is working on AIDS-TB convergence. HIV is the strongest risk factor for progression to active infection in people with the latent form of the TB parasite, and TB has become the world's leading killer of people with HIV. For years, however, few showed much interest in their connection. Chaisson was uniquely positioned to take an early interest in the two killers' symbiosis. Chaisson also served on the panel that revised the WHO's most recent TB treatment guidelines, and says he was frustrated when a treatment regimen, untested but popular with member states for its low cost, was included as an alternative despite his and others' protests that it was inferior.
- Subjects
CHAISSON, Richard; AIDS; HIV infections; LENTIVIRUS diseases; PARASITES; SYMBIOSIS
- Publication
Nature Medicine, 2005, Vol 11, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1078-8956
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nm0105-8