We built on the mosquito test to develop our research into TB detection. Could the deadly respiratory disease be diagnosed by attaching a plaster to a patient’s skin? Skin patches, similar to a ...

This may cause false-negative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and failure to identify tuberculosis (TB ... 99% had at least one positive skin test. Generalised anergy was therefore rare, despite ...

Cobb and Douglas Public Health officials were at the school most of the day testing about 300 students and faculty members ...

A recent case of tuberculosis found at Bob Jones High School in Madison Alabama has people asking questions about a disease ...

It can take up to four months for bovine TB leisons to form, which means the infection is often well established in the ...

The number of hunters in the U.S. has been on the decline for decades. Given that fact, says Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque, it might be time to look at whether, overall, the very purpose of ...

The World Health Organization’s latest global report on tuberculosis has good and bad news for African countries.

The World Health Organization released information this week stating that tuberculosis is now the top-killing infectious ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — A new study identified that a semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds and shows potent activity against tuberculosis (TB), including multi-drug resistant ...

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at least 55 countries worldwide. These data substantiate the need for rapid and reliable methods for drug-susceptibility testing ...

The lawsuit seeks to prevent federal immigration officials from releasing “potentially infected detainees” that came in ...

The person received a positive skin test for TB on July 23 and then "received a chest x-ray that was noted ... the state ...