A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented by an international team involving researchers at UCL. The new framework, ...

A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented by an international team involving researchers at UCL (University College ...

A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been launched by an international team including researchers from the London School of Hygiene ...

March 19, 2012 — The risk classification for nucleic acid–based tests is being downgraded from class 3 (high risk) to class 2 (moderate risk) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for the reclassification of devices used to detect cases of tuberculosis (TB), lowering the current risk classification in a move that it hopes ...

An improved, standard disease classification system would have concrete benefits in the study, management and treatment of tuberculosis, according to a proposal from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre of ...

Household contacts of people with tuberculosis (TB) have a high risk of getting TB themselves, at around 2%. It is currently ...

TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...