Rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Truenat MTB: a near-care approach.

BACKGROUND: Control of the global Tuberculosis (TB) burden is hindered by the lack of a simple and effective diagnostic test that can be utilized in resource-limited settings. METHODS: We evaluated the performance of Truenat MTB™, a chip-based nucleic acid amplification test in the detection of Myco...

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Main Authors: Chaitali Nikam, Manjula Jagannath, Manoj Mulakkapurath Narayanan, Vinaya Ramanabhiraman, Mubin Kazi, Anjali Shetty, Camilla Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3549918?pdf=render