Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is an illness that affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. TB can spread when a person with the illness coughs, ...

In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

THE depressing effect of measles on tuberculin sensitivity and its possible adverse effect on the clinical course of tuberculosis has been recognized for years. 1 More recently, similar changes in ...

First year health science students will need TB testing and screening prior to or at arrival. At this time, UHCS is providing a TB blood test (IGRA). The cost of this test is almost always covered by ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could ...

Lyophilized PCR reaction bead reduces the cost of transport and extends shelf life for the test Lyophilized PCR reaction bead reduces the cost of transport and extends shelf life for the test PBD ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Berhanu RH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;doi:10.1093/cid/ciac965. “The ...

Manager and NRF-rated researcher: Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - University of Pretoria and UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP-ISMC), University of Pretoria Yvette Naudé does not ...

Pune: Serum-Mylab's indigenously developed test — Cy-TB — to detect latent tuberculosis in humans has been included in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) as part of the effort to ...