Point-of-Care Technologies for the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis

摘要: Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease, yet it responsible for over 1.5 million deaths every year (1). In 2012, 6 new cases of TB were diagnosed, an estimated two-thirds missed. Almost half the in world are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, with highest incidence sub-Saharan Africa. Although readily curable, failure to diagnose more rapidly means that patients have poorer outcomes prolonged infectiousness (2). therefore remains global threat public health.