ndia has announced a goal of universal access to quality tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. A number of novel diagnostics could help meet this important goal. The rollout of one such diagnostic, Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is being considered, but if Xpert is used mainly for people with HIV or high risk of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the public sector, population-level impact may be limited.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/importance-implementation-strategy-scaling-xpert-mtbrif-diagnosis-tuberculosis
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/MTB-RIF-Diagnosis-Tuberculosis.pdf
[3] https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001674
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/henrik-salje
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jason-r-andrews
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sarang-deo-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-sector
