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Tuberculosis diagnosis must go beyond persistent cough: Lancet study
Updated On: 13 March, 2024 10:13 AM IST | London | IANS
The infection is predominantly transmitted by coughing, but probably also through simply breathing, said researchers from the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) in the Netherlands
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While persistent cough has been a hallmark symptom of tuberculosis, there should be new ways identified to diagnose the world`s most deadly infection as a new study on Wednesday showed a majority of the patients do not have the common symptom.
The study, published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, analysed data on more than 600,000 individuals in Africa and Asia.
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