Researchers who are using a new technique of screening for tuberculosis (TB) infections in Canadian prisons reveal that avoidance of false positives means more than half of those screened will not have to undergo unnecessary treatments. According to research by Wendy Wobeser and medical resident Ilan Schwartz, a test for TB using interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) will detect a pre-existing TB infection, or latent TB, that might not present itself for many years, ...
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