What you need to know about tuberculosis testing, vaccine longevity

So, even once the bacteria are vanquished, a person most likely will continue to test positive, as the immune system will ...
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What to know about IGRA TB tests

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 ...
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TB testing recommend for any visitors to Bay Area's California Grand Casino since 2018: Officials

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...
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Survey: Almost half of providers skip TB testing for high-risk patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Almost half of health care providers in the United States reported not routinely testing non-U.S.-born patients ...
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Guidelines Nix Annual TB Testing for Most Healthcare Workers

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 ...
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Tulane University develops CRISPR-based TB test using tongue swab

Researchers at Tulane University in the US have created an improved clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based tuberculosis (TB) test that can be administered using a ...
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Even when you don't have TB symptoms, this century-old test can still detect the disease.

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...
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QIAGEN (QGEN) QuantiFeron Hits New Sales Landmark in TB Testing

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 ...
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Take TB testing to the community to detect asymptomatic cases

To slow the spread of tuberculosis (TB) and enable early detection of infectious cases in South Africa and other high-burden ...
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Second Round of TB Testing Under Way at Ennis High School

A second round of tuberculosis tests were conducted at Ennis High School Monday to determine the level of exposure students were subjected to following a teacher's diagnosis with the contagious ...
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Nueces County Health Department ends non-essential TB testing

is an experienced journalist with a diverse background in reporting, anchoring, and digital media. NUECES COUNTY, Texas — The Nueces County Health Department has made a significant change by halting ...