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Strengthening labs and introducing new tools for increased case detection and earlier diagnosis of TB

This edition looks at the relationship between strengthening of laboratory diagnostic capacity and intensified case finding for TB in people living with HIV

Published
20 January 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB diagnosis
New Tests for Latent TB May Be Unreliable in Pregnancy

A new report warns against using interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) to look for tuberculosis in pregnant women.

Published
22 December 2011
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
TB diagnosis
Molecular Test for TB Works Best Combined With Sputum Smear

A rapid molecular test for tuberculosis (TB) endorsed last year by the World Health Organization turns out to be most accurate and economic when it's used in combination with sputum microscopy, a new study from South Africa shows.

Published
22 December 2011
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
TB diagnosis
Discordance among commercially-available diagnostics for latent TB infection

In populations with a low prevalence of tuberculosis, the majority of positives with the three tests commercially available in the US for the diagnosis of TB are false positives, according to a new study.

Published
09 December 2011
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
TB diagnosis
UK: New tuberculosis cases fall by 5%

New cases of tuberculosis (TB) decreased by nearly 5% last year compared to 2009, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has said.

Published
06 December 2011
From
Press Association
TB diagnosis
An intensive household counselling intervention reduces the burden of TB in ZAMSTAR study

An intensive ‘household counselling’ intervention (involving TB contact tracing, multiple home visits, TB and HIV counselling and screening with linkages to care) reduced the prevalence of culture-positive

Published
30 November 2011
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB diagnosis
Tuberculosis breakthrough as scientists get funds for 'electronic nose'

A team of Indian researchers are planning to have a prototype of an "electronic nose" that can detect tuberculosis from a person's breath in hospitals by October 2013, after receiving a $950,000 grant on Monday.

Published
08 November 2011
From
The Guardian
TB diagnosis
NanoLogix Technology Delivers Live Tuberculosis (TB) Detection Results in a Revolutionary 4 Days versus Traditional 21 Days

Third Party Research Study Results Are 500% Faster Than Conventional Tests

Published
02 November 2011
From
Business Wire (press release)
TB prevention
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Door-to-door outreach cuts TB prevalence

Home-based tuberculosis (TB) education and testing reduced community TB prevalence by about 20 percent, according to findings of a large, two-country study released at the International Lung Health Conference in Lille, France.

Published
01 November 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
TB diagnosis
Study finds community counseling reduced the prevalence of TB on a budget

The results of a large-scale community-randomized trial presented at the 42nd World Conference on Lung Health in Lille, France today show that the Zambia-South Africa TB and AIDS Reduction (ZAMSTAR) project reduced the prevalence of tuberculosis by 22%.

Published
30 October 2011
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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