Low-cost diagnostic test for susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Malawi

• Main Authors: Annie Zhang (Author), Enoch Jumbe (Author), Robert Krysiak (Author), Sabeen Sidiki (Author), Holden V. Kelley (Author), Elly K. Chemey (Author), Chancy Kamba (Author), Victor Mwapasa (Author), Juan I. García (Author), Alison Norris (Author), Xueliang J. Pan (Author), Carlton Evans (Author), Shu-Hua Wang (Author), Jesse J. Kwiek (Author), Jordi B. Torrelles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rural settings where molecular tuberculosis diagnostics are not currently available need easy-to-use tests that do not require additional processing or equipment. While acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear is the most common and often only tuberculosis diagnosis test performed in rural settings...