Field evaluation of a blood based test for active tuberculosis in endemic settings.
Over 9 million new active tuberculosis (TB) cases emerge each year from an enormous pool of 2 billion individuals latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.) worldwide.About 3 million new TB cases per year are unaccounted for, and 1.5 million die.TB, however, is generally curable if diagnosed correctly and in a timely manner.The curre