Tuberculosis
Medical services company participates in TB testing program in China
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, May 16th, 2005
The test results showed that the VScan TB test had an overall accuracy of greater than 90% with no false positives.
Nearly nine million people develop TB disease every year. The vast majority of them live in developing countries where 99% of all TB deaths occur and where 90% of all people living with HIV/Aids live. TB is the number one killer of people with HIV/AIDS.
Medical Services is committed to developing a simple test for TB that results in almost instant results and can be used by...
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