Proficiency testing for DST is implemented in the Supranational Reference Laboratory Network ... which is inoculated with a 1:100 dilution of the TB strain, or a 1:10 dilution in case of PZA ...

BENGALURU: Acknowledging that tuberculosis remains a significant health challenge in the country, Health Minister Dinesh ...

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 ...

India has significantly reduced TB incidence by 18% from 2015 to 2023, surpassing the global decline of 8%. The WHO report ...

Last year about 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed, meaning they could access suitable treatment – the highest number ...

India has achieved a 17.7% decline in tuberculosis incidence, more than double the global average, due to dedicated health ...

Researchers have now been testing a hand-held device, called an electronic nose (e-nose), which can sniff out TB in the breath of small children and return results in about six minutes.

In a significant move to strengthen the fight against tuberculosis, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday inaugurated Gautam Budh Nagar’s first state-of-the-art ...

The government is procuring over 800 artificial intelligence-enabled portable chest x-ray machines to complement India's ...

India has recorded a 17.7 per cent decline in tuberculosis incidence from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 in 2023, which is more than double the global decline of 8.3 per cent, Health Ministry ...