TB Quantiferon Gold Blood Test

This is a blood test which is used to aid in the diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis infections and active Tuberculosis (TB) disease.

TB is a very infectious disease that can affect many body areas, but primarily affects the lungs. It spreads from person to person by coughing, sneezing and breathing. Most of those who become infected manage to confine it to a few cells in their body, where it stays alive in an inactive form– this is called Latent TB (it does not make you feel sick and you are not infectious and in many, does not progress to active TB– but in some, it does).