Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities.

R, McNerney; M, Maeurer; I, Abubakar; B, Marais; TD, McHugh; N, Ford; K, Weyer; S, Lawn; MP, Grobusch; Z, Memish; SB, Squire; G, Pantaleo; J, Chakaya; M, Casenghi; GB, Migliori; P, Mwaba; L, Zijenah; M, Hoelscher; H, Cox; S, Swaminathan; PS, Kim; M, Schito; A, Harari; M, Bates; S, Schwank; J, O'Grady; M, Pletschette; L, Ditui; R, Atun; A, Zumla

doi:10.1093/infdis/jir860

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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities.

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McNerney R

Maeurer M

Abubakar I

Abstract

Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in a timely fashion, allowing co...

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