The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis-Rapid diagnostics
for tuberculosis detection, third edition” is the latest document replacing the one issued in …

Physicians are more and more often challenged by difficult-to-treat cases of TB. They
include patients infected by strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are resistant to at …

Noroviruses are a primary cause of gastroenteritis and foodborne illness with cases that
affect millions of people worldwide each year. Inexpensive tests for norovirus that do not …

BACKGROUND: We performed an analysis of the cost and relative merits of different
strategies for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant TB (MDR/XDR …

We developed a low-cost and reliable method of DNA extraction from as little as 1 ml of early
positive mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) cultures that is suitable for whole …

Molecular tests hold great potential for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but are costly, time
consuming and HIV-infected patients are often sputum scarce. Therefore, alternative …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading global cause of death from a single infectious agent.
Registered incidence rates are low, especially in low-resource countries with weak health …

Background Early diagnosis and treatment are one of the key strategies of tuberculosis
control globally, and there are strong efforts in detecting and treating tuberculosis cases in …

Global tuberculosis (TB) control is hampered by cost and slow or insensitive diagnostic
methods to be used for TB diagnosis in clinic. Thus, TB still remains a major global health …

The transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) is very rapid and the burden it places on health care
systems is felt globally. The effective management and prevention of this disease requires …