Supporting Excellence
The Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa fosters investigator-led approaches via the overarching scientific objective of combatting infection, especially HIV1 and tuberculosis, through clinical and laboratory research.
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Basic Science
Our Basic Science Platform provides the laboratory infrastructure and technical support to ensure the safe handling of infectious material.
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Biomedical Data Integration
We work with multidimensional clinical and scientific data at the molecular, cellular, clinical and population levels.
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Clinical Research
CIDRI-Africa supports clinical studies in the community at our facility at Site B in Khayelitsha.
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CIDRI-Africa team attends Wellcome Discovery Platforms Summit in London
CIDRI-Africa investigators and senior staff attended the Wellcome Discovery Research Platforms Summit at the Royal College of Physicians in London in February 2026.
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PET-CT scans and AI-read X rays show potential to predict tuberculosis diagnosis over 5 years
On World TB Day, researchers from CIDRI-Africa have published landmark findings showing that advanced imaging technologies can detect evidence of asymptomatic tuberculosis (TB) in the lungs years before symptoms appear.
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TB harnesses part of immune defence system to cause infection
Scientists from the IDM have contributed to an international study that sheds new light on why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting TB.
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