Background The lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan (LF‐LAM) assay Alere Determine™
TB LAM Ag is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help detect active …

The use of lateral flow assays exploiting antibodies is well established in different fields due
to their advantages, which include low cost, ease of production and rapid response, with the …

Background Most tuberculosis-related deaths in people with HIV could be prevented with
earlier diagnosis and treatment. The only commercially available tuberculosis point-of-care …

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered the most onerous of infectious diseases according to recent
reports from the World Health Organization. Available tests for TB diagnosis present severe …

Objectives: We evaluated the comparative performance of different assays used in a
Diagnostic Laboratory Hub that linked 13 HIV healthcare facilities for the diagnosis of …

Abstract Background A Diagnostic Laboratory Hub (DLH) was set up in Guatemala to
provide opportunistic infection (OI) diagnosis for people with HIV (PWH). Methods Patients …

Currently there are diagnostic tests available for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
tuberculosis (TB); however, they are still diagnosed separately, which can delay treatment in …

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by infection with the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (M. tb) in the respiratory tract. There was an estimated 10.6 million people …

Objectives Cross-reactivity with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species might limit the
use of urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in people living …

ABSTRACT The Fujifilm SILVAMP TB LAM (FujiLAM) assay offers improved sensitivity
compared to Determine TB LAM Ag (AlereLAM) for detecting tuberculosis (TB) among …