Low-cost diagnostic test for susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Malawi

Low-cost diagnostic test for susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Malawi

Background: Rural settings where molecular tuberculosis diagnostics are not currently available need easy-to-use tests that do not require additional processing or equipment. While acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear is the most common and often only tuberculosis diagnosis test performed in rural settings...

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Main Authors: Annie Zhang, Enoch Jumbe, Robert Krysiak, Sabeen Sidiki, Holden V. Kelley, Elly K. Chemey, Chancy Kamba, Victor Mwapasa, Juan I. García, Alison Norris, Xueliang J. Pan, Carlton Evans, Shu-Hua Wang, Jesse J. Kwiek, Jordi B. Torrelles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-06-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Diagnosis
Drug resistance
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/690

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