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Review
. 2009 Dec;30(4):701-16, viii.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.08.016.

Novel and improved technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis: progress and challenges

Madhukar Pai  1 , Jessica Minion, Hojoon Sohn, Alice Zwerling, Mark D Perkins
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Novel and improved technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis: progress and challenges

Madhukar Pai et al. Clin Chest Med. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Despite a decade of success in improving cure rates for tuberculosis (TB), diagnosis and case detection remain a major obstacle to TB control. This article reviews the existing evidence base on TB diagnostics, describes the progress of new technologies, and ends with a review of cost-effectiveness and modeling studies on the potential effect of new diagnostics in TB control.

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