Items tagged with Diagnostics
A blood test to find those at high risk of TB in people living with HIV (post)
The Lancet Global Health journal reports the findings of a study of a host blood test that can find those at high risk of tuberculosis in people living with HIV. The blood mRNA biomarker differentiated between people living with HIV who had active tuberculosis from those without TB, and predicted which individuals would develop TB within 15 months.
Call for expressions of interest: Expert(s) for conducting systematic reviews, data synthesis and analysis on the use of novel skin-based in vivo tests for TB infection (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program has initiated a process to update the guidelines on diagnosis of TB infection. WHO is seeking expressions of interest from independent researchers, academic institutions or other entities with relevant expertise and experience in systematic reviews, data synthesis and analysis on the use of novel skin-based in vivo tests for TB infection.
Researchers develop test that detects childhood TB a year ahead of current screenings (post)
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can find traces of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) in infants a year before they develop the deadly disease, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.
Testing multiple noninvasive specimen types may improve diagnosis of pediatric TB (post)
The far less-invasive collection and testing of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples in combination with stool and urine sample testing may improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children in limited-resource settings. This finding from a prospective, cross-sectional diagnostic study, was published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Call for applications: NDWG Core Group Member – NGO constituency (post)
The New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) of the Stop TB Partnership is accepting applications for the NDWG Core Group Member – NGO constituency. The NDWG provides a neutral and overarching forum for effective coordination at the global level towards delivery of much needed new diagnostic tools for TB.
VinBrain and FIT jointly release a white paper on utilizing artificial intelligence in TB screening (post)
HANOI, Vietnam, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 10, 2021, VinBrain (Vingroup) and FIT (a German NGO working in the field of Tuberculosis prevention and control) jointly release a white paper on utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and screening in Vietnam. The white paper provides doctors and medical specialists with a better understanding of the current situation of TB diagnosis, as well as introducing the AI model v1 for TB diagnosis and screening with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of up to 96.1%.
Researchers validate a highly sensitive molecular test to detect cases of TB (post)
The ‘Xpert Ultra’ molecular test has a greater capacity than its predecessor (‘Xpert MTB/RIF’) in detecting tuberculosis cases, either passively (i.e. people who attend the hospital with disease symptoms) or actively (searching for possible cases in the community among contacts of cases). This is the main conclusion of a study performed by ISGlobal, an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation, in collaboration with the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), published in the European Respiratory Journal.
Scientists develop a TB-diagnosing sticker patch (post)
Technion scientists have demonstrated a novel means of diagnosing tuberculosis by means of a sticker patch that catches compounds released by the skin. Using an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of these compounds, the scientists were able to provide a quick, non-invasive diagnosis. In future implementations, the group plans to integrate the sensors into the patch and use a smartphone to read its results.
Local diagnostics to meet local health needs (post)
Médecins Sans Frontières released a new issue brief, Local diagnostics to meet local health needs, with recommendations how to improve local production of diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries.
$5m grant supports detection of infectious diseases in Indo-Pacific (post)
Australian researchers at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, Doherty Institute and Burnet Institute, along with international organisations, the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, have been awarded $5.2 million to strengthen laboratory capacity for testing and diagnosis of COVID-19, HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in the Indo-Pacific region.
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