- Instead of sputum, blood samples likely to be taken to diagnose TB in children below 5 years of age
- According to paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine scientists are trying to find alternative means (blood) to do these TB tests
- Scientist Suzanne T. Anderson of Brighton and others look for specific RNA transcript signatures in genes to find TB from latent TB disease
- Current smear microscopy, GeneXpert, methods of tests depend on sputum samples to diagnose TB disease
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sci-tech-and-agri/a-new-test-promises-better-diagnosis-of-tb-in-children/article6010392.ece
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