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Blood Tests For Active TB Not Accurate Or Cost-Effective
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<blockquote data-quote="tD33NAt" data-source="post: 2578132" data-attributes="member: 124445"><p>Commercial blood serum antibody tests widely used in India and other developing countries to diagnose active tuberculosis are not accurate or cost-effective, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Washington School of Public Health and McGill University. Use of serological tests in India resulted in more DALYs (years of healthy life lost to premature death and illness), more secondary infections, and more false-positive diagnoses of TB, compared to the use of microscopic sputum smear analysis or culture...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/9E7eWbKZsIA" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/9E7eWbKZsIA/232567.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tD33NAt, post: 2578132, member: 124445"] Commercial blood serum antibody tests widely used in India and other developing countries to diagnose active tuberculosis are not accurate or cost-effective, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Washington School of Public Health and McGill University. Use of serological tests in India resulted in more DALYs (years of healthy life lost to premature death and illness), more secondary infections, and more false-positive diagnoses of TB, compared to the use of microscopic sputum smear analysis or culture...[IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/9E7eWbKZsIA[/IMG] [url=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/9E7eWbKZsIA/232567.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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