New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study

New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease for which new diagnostic tests are desperately needed. Objective: To validate promising new technologies [namely whole-blood transcriptomics, proteomics, flow cytometry and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)]...

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Main Authors: Alice Halliday, Pooja Jain, Long Hoang, Robert Parker, Mica Tolosa-Wright, Tereza Masonou, Nathan Green, Aime Boakye, Yemisi Takwoingi, Shea Hamilton, Vinay Mandagere, Anastasia Fries, Lachlan Coin, Jon Deeks, Peter J White, Michael Levin, Peter Beverley, Onn Min Kon, Ajit Lalvani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2021-04-01
Series:Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation
Subjects:
tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
diagnostic test
transcriptomic
proteomics
cellular immune
signatures
validation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/eme08050

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https://doi.org/10.3310/eme08050

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