The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus); (QUIAGEN NV), a fourth generation latent tuberculosis (TB) blood test that combines CD4/CD8 ratio design to ...

A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

New data are suggesting faster and less comprehensive forms of sputum collection may be available to help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis. Luis E. Cuevas, MD, and colleagues at the Liverpool School ...

Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme ...

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) ...

A TB blood test is a diagnostic test to detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). These tests use a sample of blood to check for an immune ...

Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious disease in the world after HIV. In 2013, it infected nine million people and killed 1.5 million. Now, researchers say they’ve developed a potentially ...

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, ...

A resident in southern New Jersey recently tested positive for tuberculosis. Here's what you need to know about the spread of ...