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Rapid low-cost TB test could reach 'missed millions', researchers say

Original: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Rapid low-cost diagnosis within reach for TB ‘missed millions’, researchers find

Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine say a rapid, low-cost diagnostic test could bring tuberculosis screening within reach of the 'missed millions' who go undiagnosed each year. The finding points to simpler, cheaper testing as a way to close the gap in TB detection, a disease that remains one of the world's deadliest infectious killers.

Why now: New research suggests affordable rapid testing could dramatically expand TB diagnosis among undetected cases worldwide.

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• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Rapid low-cost diagnosis within reach for TB ‘missed millions’, researchers find · European AIDS Treatment Group

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