Comprehensive assessment of invalid and indeterminate results in Truenat MTB-RIF testing across sites under the national TB elimination program of India

• Main Authors: Radha Gopalaswamy (Author), Nishant Kumar (Author), Himanshu Vashistha (Author), Priya Rajendran (Author), Jyoti Kayesth (Author), Carel Joseph Peravali (Author), Satabdi Kashyap (Author), Shreeparna Ghosh (Author), Habakkuk Yumo (Author), Moe Moore (Author), Sridhar Anand (Author), Ranjani Ramachandran (Author), Umesh Alavadi (Author), Sanjeev Saini (Author), Sivakumar Shanmugam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionTruenat MTB-RIF assay (Truenat), a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), is a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) chip-based assay that can detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and rifampicin (RIF) drug resistance using portable, battery-operated devices. The National TB El...