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    Phage Replication Technology for Diagnosis and Drug Susceptibility Testing

    • Last Update: 2021-02-18
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Of the world’s infectious diseases, tuberculosis remains the leading cause of mortality and it has been estimated that of the eight million new cases that occur each year 95% are found in the less developed countries (
    1
    ,
    2
    ). Diagnostic methods that involve culture of
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    are necessarily slow due to the protracted growth times required by these bacteria. Rapid molecular tests have been developed for both diagnosis (
    3
    ) and drug resistance testing (
    4
    ). However, the high costs and requirement for specialized equipment prohibits the routine application of this technology in low-income countries, and there is an urgent need for sensitive, rapid tests that are affordable and appropriate for use in these areas of the world (
    5
    ).
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