Science news articles about 'tb test'

GENEVA (AP) -- A new test to quickly diagnose drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis will be rolled out in four African countries this year, the World Health Organization said Monday....

... protects against tuberculosis. An investigational vaccine for TB tested at Saint Louis University appears ... immune system on blocking aggressive and deadly TB organisms. In this phase I clinical trial ...

... patient has previously been vaccinated against TB. The blood test will allow doctors to identify and treat ... 20 years. Outside the developed world, TB has reached pandemic proportions and still causes ...

... case the GFP gene accompanies the DNA into the TB cell, causing the cell to glow. A clinician ... direct research into developing rapid and effective TB tests, one of the new institute's primary objectives ...

... Once a person becomes infected from breathing in TB bacteria, the immune system generally encapsulates ... Instead of TST, participants in this study were given a TB test called interferon-gamma release ...

... , describes eight outbreaks of false-positive TB tests between 1983 and 2005. The study was led by U ... officials should interpret reported skin test conversions after deployment with caution,” he added.