Medscape

Is Single-Test Tuberculosis Screening Enough Before Biologic Therapy?

A cohort study evaluating a tuberculosis (TB) prevention program among patients who received biologic therapy found a low risk for incident infection. Pretreatment screening with QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) ...
Business Wire

bioMérieux Announces the CE Marking of TB IGRA ® Test on VIDAS

MARCY L’ETOILE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Today marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day and bioMérieux (Paris:BIM), a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces the CE ...
The Conversation

African scientists a step closer to testing for TB in a matter of minutes

Head of the Immunology Research Group at the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Gerhard ...
Science Daily

New blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance

A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years before its onset in people living with someone with active TB, according to new research. A ...
BBC

Predictive blood test for TB 'a step closer'

International researchers say they have made a "significant step" towards a predictive blood test for tuberculosis. A DNA fingerprint in the blood shows promise in identifying which carriers of TB ...