“Diagnosis of the early stages of infection is challenging due to the lack of rapid, accurate tests ... pandemic management.” The main test for bovine TB in the UK is the tuberculin ...
The long term goal is to create a rapid diagnostic method capable of identifying TB disease and that is able to be used in resource-poor settings i.e. the low- and-middle-income countries (LMICs) ...
Commercially available culture-based techniques have the advantage of detailed protocols and prepared test kits ... assays for the rapid screening of patients at risk of MDR-TB.
The Xpert® MTB/RIF assay has been CE-marked for rapid molecular diagnosis of TB in Europe and has been endorsed by the WHO as a replacement for sputum smear microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary ...