Various forces at work Maldive; sales may not be quite as anticipated AT THIS POINT IN TIME however the San Francisco TB clinic, the first to switch over to using Quantiferon, will also be hosting World TB Day 2005.
The San Francisco TB clinic have 1st hand experience of managing any additional up front costs and procedual problems incurred in the transition from using a skin test to a lab based blood test. The Quantiferon-Gold test is now qualified for reimbursement through the Medi-Cal Insurance scheme.
This is an excellent opportunity for the CDC and Cellestis to showcase to the Global TB community the FDA approved 99.8% specific Quantiferon-Gold.
San Francisco has the highest rate of TB in California, and California has the highest rate of TB in the US.
National and State TB Controllers have made public statements "strongly advocating" that Quantiferon be the TB diagnostic used by health care professionals in the US.
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