Items tagged with Latent TB
Global WHO consultation meeting on the programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection - presentations now available online (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Programme in collaboration with the Republic of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the International Tuberculosis Research Center of Korea (ITRC) conducted a Global consultation meeting on the programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection on April 27-28, 2016 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
New TB skin test safe, easy to use (post)
A new skin test for latent M. tuberculosis, was safe and easy to use, and addresses the problem of false positive skin test results in patients who have received the BCG vaccine, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society 2016 International Conference.
Initiation and completion rates for latent TB infection treatment: a systematic review (post)
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UNITAID launches global initiative to prevent tuberculosis (post)
Geneva, 24 May - UNITAID announced a new initiative to support global efforts to end tuberculosis by 2035 by seeking to bring preventive treatments to people most likely to develop the disease.
Online consultation: defining the target product profile for a test for TB disease progression (post)
The New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) and its Task Force on tests for progression of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active disease have recently launched an online consultation to gather input on a draft Target Product Profile (TPP) for a test of progression of LTBI.
Better views of TB lungs may save lives and stop spread (post)
High-tech images of the lungs of people with “latent” tuberculosis (TB) identified those at risk of developing symptoms. The new work, which researchers presented in a special TB session at the 21st International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa last week, suggests new ways to evaluate whether treatment has cured an infection. But it could also upend the conventional wisdom that billions of people are walking around with dormant TB in their lungs that could one day erupt in full-fledged disease.
USPSTF: Screen at-risk adults for latent TB (post)
Asymptomatic adults at higher risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) should be screened in primary care settings, advises a new recommendation statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
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