New Tongue-Swab TB Test Could Help Eradicate The Disease, WHO Says

Rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests using tongue swabs can help end TB, enabling diagnosis and treatment to begin within ...

YSPH reports saliva test shows promise for tuberculosis detection

Led by YSPH and partners at CIDEIM at Icesi University, the research team conducted the study in Cali, Colombia.

TB or not TB: WHO releases new TB diagnostic guidelines ahead of World TB Day

New tests recommended by the WHO can address TB cases with no or few symptoms more quickly and improve access to life-saving treatment.
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On World TB Day, RHHD encourages screening for tuberculosis

March 24 is World TB Day, and officials with the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are encouraging community members to ...

QIAGEN Highlights Newly Published Data Supporting Efficacy of QuantiFERON for TB Prevention

QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced newly published clinical and health economic data ...
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Tulane University develops CRISPR-based TB test using tongue swab

Researchers at Tulane University in the US have created an improved clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based tuberculosis (TB) test that can be administered using a ...
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A R60 test could help SA test millions more TB patients — but will it miss the most dangerous cases?

South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can't detect ...
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Accelerating Control of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis with Targeted Next-generation Sequencing: Country Success Stories from the Front Lines

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, affecting more than 10 million people ...