A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

A new tuberculosis test that identifies the infection from a blood sample based on changes in a patient’s genetic signature could answer the World Health Organization’s 2014 challenge for a better ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing approval to Cepheid's tuberculosis test that checks if the disease-causing bacteria carry antibiotic-resistant genetic markers. The test, Xpert ...

Two research studies suggest that a new automated DNA test for tuberculosis (Xpert MTB/RIF), which can detect TB within 2 hours and has been endorsed by the World Health Organization, can ...

A drug-resistant form of the infectious disease tuberculosis is expanding worldwide and it also poses a threat here in the Seattle area. The World Health Organization is recording about 500,000 new ...