Public Health Action
vol 5 no 3 published 21 september 2015
Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016
Technical and operational ‘how-to’: practical considerations
Tropical Medicine and International Health volume 21 no 1 pp 101-107 january 2016
1st edition
This resource provides practical guidance for front line health workers responsible for the diagnosis, management and care of patients with these two diseases. Published in collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation
Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.
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