African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

For many years it took three days to diagnose patients with TB. Three sputum smears were examined under a microscope to confirm the diagnosis. Then, in 2001, there was a series of anthrax attacks ...

Here is another substantial technology contribution from Carl Zeiss to the battle against infectious diseases: Primo Star iLED, the new tuberculosis test microscope. Primo Star iLED is the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant ... sputum samples with special dyes to detect acid-fast bacilli (AFB) under a microscope. While rapid and inexpensive, sputum smear microscopy has limited ...