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Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Children With Simple Blood Test

by Himabindu Venkatakrishnan on Sep 2 2014 3:29 PM

 Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Children With Simple Blood Test
The TAM-TB assay, a test that has been found by a new proof-of-concept study, is the first reliable immunodiagnostic assay to detect active tuberculosis in children.
This assay is a major advance for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, particularly in tuberculosis-endemic regions. The new blood test, which provides a fast and accurate tool to diagnose tuberculosis in children, is a sputum-independent blood test and makes use of an immunological phenomenon during tuberculosis disease.

Tuberculosis is a serious public health problem especially in low-resource countries and about 1 million children per year develop tuberculosis worldwide.

The study was published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Source-ANI


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