Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

Children were excluded from the study if their parents declined testing. Institutional approval ... vaccination history, history of TB exposure, previous TB screening, and preadoptive environment.

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the ...

We compared the specificity and sensitivity of the tuberculin skin test (TST ... able to avoid boosting due to repeat testing; and have a standardized interpretation. [5] IGRAs have limitations ...