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Review
. 2024 May 17;2(1):33.
doi: 10.1186/s44263-024-00063-4.

Finding the missed millions: innovations to bring tuberculosis diagnosis closer to key populations

Rachel L Byrne  1 , Tom Wingfield  2   3 , Emily R Adams  2 , Sayera Banu  4 , John Samson Bimba  5 , Andrew Codlin  3   6 , Ana Cubas Atienzar  2 , Tushar Garg  7 , Stephen John  8 , Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel  9 , Melissa Sander  10 , Victor Santana Santos  9 , S Bertel Squire  2 , Luan Nguyen Quang Vo  3   6 , Jacob Creswell  7
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Finding the missed millions: innovations to bring tuberculosis diagnosis closer to key populations

Rachel L Byrne et al. BMC Glob Public Health. .

Abstract

Current strategies to promptly, effectively, and equitably screen people with tuberculosis (TB) and link them to diagnosis and care are insufficient; new approaches are required to find the millions of people around the world with TB who are missed each year. Interventions also need to be designed considering how people interact with health care facilities and where appropriate should be suitable for use in the community. Here, the historical, new, and reemerging technologies that are being utilised for TB diagnosis globally are discussed, whilst highlighting that how we use and evaluate tests is just as important as the tests themselves.

Keywords: CAD; Diagnostics; Point of care; TB LAM; Tuberculosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: E. R. A. is the Chief Impact Officer for Global Access Diagnostics, Bedford England. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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