概述：通過驗(yàn)血測(cè)量血液中結(jié)核病抗體的檢查方法被廣泛使用

Hints:
TB
sputum
Dowdy
antibody
Madhukar Pai
epidemiologist
McGill University
Montreal
World Health Organization (WHO)
校對(duì)：靜xing
翻譯：lahmmsc
組長(zhǎng)：澈底
答疑：靜xing
Traditional tests for TB examine the sputum, a material found in a person's lungs. Active TB is identified if certain bacterium grows in the test material. However, these tests take longer to carry out. Dr. Dowdy says the blood tests are widely used because of the speed of results. "What these t…
檢驗(yàn)肺結(jié)核的傳統(tǒng)方法是驗(yàn)痰，痰見于人體的肺中。如果在痰中檢測(cè)出有某種細(xì)菌生長(zhǎng)，那么可判定為陽性肺結(jié)核。但是，這些檢驗(yàn)需要很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。道迪博士說由于驗(yàn)血可以很快得到結(jié)果，因此現(xiàn)在廣泛采用該方法。 “這些檢驗(yàn)可檢測(cè)出身體里對(duì)抗肺結(jié)核的抗體，因此，當(dāng)人們一旦感染肺結(jié)核，就會(huì)產(chǎn)生抗體。目前的問題在于每個(gè)人身…