TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A study done in South Africa says a simple, straightforward sputum test is enough to diagnose tuberculosis among children. The study, whose results appear ...

An on-the-spot sputum test for tuberculosis works better than the commonly-used, 125-year-old microscope method, but did not reduce illness in a southern African trial, a study said. While the new ...

India’s TB burden remains a major public health challenge, with 28 lakh TB cases -- accounting for 26 per cent, the highest ...

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Using the states' total refugee arrivals as the denominator, the rate of tuberculosis disease among newly arrived refugees was 504 per 100,000 persons — a rate approximately 80 times the 2000 U ...

Tuberculosis (TB) was declared a national emergency in Mozambique in 2006. The ministry of health figures reveal that 60,000 people were infected with TB in 2014, which was a 10% increase from 2013.

The ICMR's top tuberculosis research institute NIRT is in the process of developing and validating sputum-free tests using blood, stool, urine and saliva samples for diagnosing the disease.

ROCK ISLAND — A nursing supervisor at the Rock Island County Health Department, 2112 25th Ave., delayed notification of a patient who tested positive for tuberculosis by at least one week. In ...

Reference: Comparison of sputum microbiome diversities in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease. Published Oct. 2, 2023. Accessed Oct. 2, 2023.

World Tuberculosis Day 2015 World Tuberculosis Day (WTBD) is observed on 24 March each year. WTBD is intended to raise public awareness of the deadly disease that causes 1.5 million deaths each year.

Sputum is a thick mucus found in the respiratory tract, typically as a result of infection. Director of ICMR's National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) Dr Padmapriyadarsini C said ...