The mission of the West Virginia Division of Tuberculosis Elimination is to achieve the absence of indigenous transmission of tuberculosis infection in West Virginia, which results in clinically apparent tuberculosis disease.

The DTE provides tuberculin testing materials to Local Health Departments for contacts and other high risk persons. We also provide x-rays for evaluation of active disease and latent TB infection (LTBI) through Local Health Departments. Clinicians are provided for chest diagnostic clinics to evaluate/treat active disease and LTBI. We provide medications as well as financial support to Local Health Departments to do Liver Function Tests for TB cases and LTBI patients. We work with the Office of Laboratory Services to provide AFB smear and culture testing, drug susceptibilities and DNA fingerprinting of specimens.

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Whats New

• Oxford Labs / T-Spot address change - IMPORTANT(Massachusetts location is closing. All testing now goes to Memphis)
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of M-TB in Health Care Settings 2005 (Corrected)
• TB Risk Assessment - Spanish(January 10,2011)
• MMWR: Plan to Combat XDR-TB(March 03, 2009)  

CDC: MMWR Recommendations

MMWR, Dec 16, 2005 / 54(RR15);1-37. "Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis"
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5415a1.htm

MMWR, Dec 30, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. RR-17. "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005"
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5417a1.htm

MMWR, June 20, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. RR-11. "Treatment of Tuberculosis"
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5211a1.htm