TB screening 'is usually'

April 21, 2011 last updated at 01: 32 GMT lungs of a patient with tuberculosis infection of current screening for TB is missing immigrants in the United Kingdom in most cases, researchers say.

New blood tests for verified would better than breast X-rays, which detect only active infections, says an Imperial College London team that analyzed more than 1,000 immigrants.

Blood tests could prevent significant number of cases, they write in the Lancet infectious diseases.

The Government said that the research secured new guidelines from the health watchdog nice.

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterial infection affecting the lungs.

It dramatically in the United Kingdom in the past decade, increased partly due to the increase in cases among people, which draw from abroad in the country.

The main plot tuberculosis is an infectious disease, which typically affects on the LungsIt of the DiseaseIn is via droplets from the lungs of people with the active form healthy people, often no symptom symptom of active transmit infection caused continue reading TB include cough, Chest pain, weakness, weight loss, fever and night SweatsTuberculosis is treatable with a price of AntibioticsIn of the UK, around 9,000 report TB cases every year, especially in major cities such as LondonSource: World Health Organization/HPAImmigrants arrival in the UK from countries with high incidence of TB are required, have to check on arrival a chest X-ray for TB.

But this screening method can if the infection in the lungs of resting and causes no symptoms.

Professor Ajit Lalvani, of Imperial College London, argued that pick-up cases should be used for new blood, where people are the TB infection, but it will develop not for several years.

His research is based on an analysis of more than 1,000 immigrants to centres in London, Leeds and Blackburn.

He said: "If you people at this early stage, we can prevent that they develop a serious illness and always infectious."

"What is critical, could this larger screening much TB occur reduce and remains cost-effective." "Search results provide the missing evidence base for the new national strategy to expand immigrant screening."

Nice updated your guidelines on TB screening in March.

A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "we are pleased that the latest NICE guidelines on TB screening this research secured."

"We expect that the local NHS, the best ways to combat this problem in their area to look at."

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