New TB Tools Need to be Affordable in the Private Sector: The Case Study of Xpert MTB/RIF

Nirros Ponnudurai¹, Claudia M Denkinger², Wayne Van Gemert³, Madhukar Pai^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Global Drug Facility, Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
⁵ Manipal McGill Centre for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

PMID: 30864749
PMCID: PMC7377554
DOI: 10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.005

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New TB Tools Need to be Affordable in the Private Sector: The Case Study of Xpert MTB/RIF

Nirros Ponnudurai et al. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;8(3-4):103-105.

doi: 10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.005.

Authors

Nirros Ponnudurai¹, Claudia M Denkinger², Wayne Van Gemert³, Madhukar Pai^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Global Drug Facility, Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
⁵ Manipal McGill Centre for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

PMID: 30864749
PMCID: PMC7377554
DOI: 10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.005

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