Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

The test can be administered on a mouth swab instead of sputum and doesn’t require lab facilities ...

The study, worked to address that gap by refining a previously developed CRISPR-based assay to better detect TB in samples ...

QIAGEN QGEN recently reached a major landmark in the field of tuberculosis (TB) testing. On World TB Day, the company announced that since the lime of its launch, the company’s QuantiFERON blood test ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough ...

Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis (TB) when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease ...

Amanda Bush got a call this month from the Southern Nevada Health District saying her 10-year-old son was exposed to tuberculosis at Deskin Elementary School. A representative told her that testing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Beginning next fall, Tuberculosis skin tests will be mandatory for all international students who ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.