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Tuberculosis Test

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Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 07.17.2012 | Healthy Living
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Kolleen Bouchane

More people die from TB today than ever before -- 1.4 million people each year, according to the World Health Organization. Part of the reason is that TB is still diagnosed in most parts of the world using a method invented in the late 19th century.

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TB Blood Tests Are 'Dangerous' And Unreliable: WHO

AP | By FRANK JORDANS | Posted 09.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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GENEVA -- Widely used blood tests to detect tuberculosis are "dangerous" to patients because they are unreliable and can produce wrong results, the Wo...

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