A retrospective study of 789 adults in southern Taiwan found higher sputum acid-fast bacilli smear positivity during the ...

Results of a South African study in this weeks issue of The Lancet show how a diagnosis of tuberculosis in young children can be confirmed by a straightforward sputum test, rather than the ...

A prospective cohort study in Lesotho shows that baseline chest radiographic features and sputum smear grades can identify ...

>1.8 billion worldwide are diagnosed with TB every year TB can affect other parts of the body including spine, brain or kidneys TB patients cough about 327 times per day before treatment The World ...

Princeton University and collaborators have developed SHINE-TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from ...

A new study presented today at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, California found that a simple blood test could accurately identify ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Members of the Tuberculosis (TB) Association of India carry placards as they take part in an ...

Tuberculosis (TB) can transmit via the air, and the risk of infection depends on several factors. These can include the duration of exposure, proximity to a person with the infection, and immune ...