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  2. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    The Mantoux test or Mendel–Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a tool for screening for tuberculosis (TB) and for tuberculosis diagnosis.

  3. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The blood tests QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and T-SPOT.TB use these antigens to detect people with tuberculosis. Lymphocytes from the patient's blood are incubated with the antigens. These tests are called interferon γ tests and are not equivalent. [19] If the patient has been exposed to tuberculosis before, T lymphocytes produce interferon γ ...

  4. Heaf test - Wikipedia

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    The equivalent Mantoux test positive levels done with 10 TU (0.1 mL 100 TU/mL, 1:1000) are 0–4 mm induration (Heaf 0-1) 5–14 mm induration (Heaf 2) >15 mm induration (Heaf 3-4) The Mantoux test is preferred in the United States for the diagnosis of tuberculosis; multiple puncture tests, such as the Heaf test and Tine test, are not recommended.

  5. Blood test could identify millions of people spreading ... - AOL

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    TB kills more than one million people each year, according to the World Health Organisation.

  6. Tine test - Wikipedia

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    The tine test is a multiple-puncture tuberculin skin test used to aid in the medical diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The tine test is similar to the Heaf test, although the Mantoux test is usually used instead. There are various forms of the tine tests which usually fall into two categories: the old tine test (OT) and the purified protein ...

  7. Brockton doc asks newcomers to get tested for latent tuberculosis

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    Of 200 immigrants tested for tuberculosis over the last year, 8 in 10 had the latent — that's to say, not contagious — version of the disease.

  8. File:Mantoux tuberculin skin test.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Nebraska officials test hundreds for tuberculosis at day care ...

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    Testing for tuberculosis is only recommended for those who had close contact on one or more occasions,” the health department said in the statement, adding, “This includes being in the same ...