Lab Culture Ep. 28: Scientists in Oregon and Michigan Honor World TB Day

Every year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24, the anniversary of the day Dr. Robert Koch first announced that he discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB. This World TB Day, we are sharing an insightful conversation between two TB laboratory leaders: Angie Schooley, B.S. MT(ASCP), Mycobacteriology/Mycology Unit Manager, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services  and Caitlin Miranda, M(ASCP), Microbiologist III, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory. (In the photo above, Caitlin is pictured on the left and Angie is pictured on the right.)

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Links:

• Oregon State Public Health Laboratory
• Oregon Public Health Division Tuberculosis Program
• Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Tuberculosis Control Program
• Bovine TB testing of wild deer wraps up after disease found at Michigan cervid farms (February 8, 2022)
• What is Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)? (CDC Fact Sheet)
• 12th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis
• World TB Day
• APHL Tuberculosis webpage
• APHL Blog – Tuberculosis blog posts
• Lab Culture Ep. 8: Leaders for a TB free world