This World TB Day, we have new rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests being deployed. These use tongue swabs to help end TB ...

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease.The discovery enables ...

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

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) ...

The newest tuberculosis infection testing device by Tulane University is the size of a credit card, requires no electricity and significantly improves detection of the disease in those with HIV.

ParentsHave you ever worried that your little one has tuberculosis? If so, a Mantoux test or tuberculin test is one way to find out. Maintaining your little one’s health is not an easy matter. Because ...

The classic symptoms of TB are persistent cough, night sweats, fever, fatigue, chest pain, and weight loss. At its simplest ...

The test, targeted at adults with asymptomatic tuberculosis, detected the infectious disease in the blood up to 18 months ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB from traditional tests by eliminating the immune cells relied upon to ...