Quest Diagnostics ramp up QuantiFERON

This presentation is very new, December 2009 and gets straight to the point;

Tuberculosis in the U.S.

• 10 to 15 million people infected with latent TB
• 12,898 new cases of active TB in 2008
• Targeted screening and treatment
• 18-20 million skin tests/year
• 50% performed in hospitals