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Working together to fight poverty-related diseases
ASM and FIND to Partner on Strengthening Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Resource-Poor and Transitional Nations
31 July 2008
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and FIND have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding confirming their agreement to work in
partnership for projects aimed at strengthening infectious disease
diagnosis and service integration in resource-poor and transitional
countries.
Rapid Diagnosis of MDR-TB
1 July 2008
Several FIND partners have brought together their know-how to demonstrate the utility of the 'line probe assay', a new molecular test which is highly effective in diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and which can be used in laboratory settings in developing countries.
Rapid tests for drug-related TB to be made available in developing countries
Announcement of rapid diagnostics tests for MDR TB during press conference at the Palais des Nations
30 June 2008
In a joint announcement today between the WHO, the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and FIND, two new health initiatives will have a considerable impact in the fight against the global tuberculosis epidemic. Until now, the spread of drug-resistant TB strains, especially the recent emergence of virtually untreatable extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB, threatened to push TB control back into the pre-antibiotic era.
Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Pai M, Ramsay A, O'Brien R
PLoS Med 5(7):e156
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of introduction of rapid, alternative methods to identify multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in middle-income countries
Acuna-Villaorduna C, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 15;47(4):487-95
Abstract
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GenoType MTBDR assays for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a meta-analysis
Ling D, Zwerling A, Pai M
Eur Respir J 2008. Published July 9, 2008, 10.1183/09031936.00061808
Abstract
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Systematic Review: T-Cell-based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update
Pai M, Zwerling A, Menzies D
Ann Intern Med 2008;149:177-184
Citation
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Trypanosomiasis-induced B cell apoptosis results in loss of protective anti-parasite antibody responses and abolishment of vaccine-induced memory responses
Radwanska M, Guirnalda P, De Trez C, Ryffel B, Black S, Magez S
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May 30; 4(5):e1000078
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Novel tests for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion: what works and what does not?
Trajman, M. Pai, K. Dheda, R. van Zyl Smit, A. A. Zwerling, R. Joshi, S. Kalantri, P. Daley, and D. Menzies
Eur Respir J 2008 31: 1098-1106
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Diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: current standards and challenges
Migliori GB, Matteelli A, Cirillo D, Pai M
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 2008;19(2):169-172.
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Confronting the scientific obstacles to global control of tuberculosis
Young DB, Perkins MD, Duncan K, Barry CE
Clin Invest. 2008 Apr 1;118(4):1255-1265.
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Coming Out of the Darkness
Salfinger M and Ashkin D
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008;177 676-677.
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Rapid Molecular Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a High-Volume Public Health Laboratory in South Africa
Barnard M, Albert H, Coetzee G, O'Brien R, and Bosman ME
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan 17; [Epub ahead of print]
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T-Cell Assays for Tuberculosis Infection: Deriving Cut-Offs for Conversions Using Reproducibility Data
Veerapathran A, Joshi R, Goswami K, Dogra S, Moodie EEM, Reddy MVR, Kalantri S, Schwartzman K, Behr MA, Menzies D, Pai M
PLoS ONE 2008;3(3): e1850.
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method for Rapid Detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Njiru ZK, Mikosza ASJ, Armstrong T, Enyaru JC, Ndung'u JM, Thompson ARC
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008 (2)2: e147, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000147
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African trypanosomiasis: Sensitive and rapid detection of the sub-genus Trapanozoon by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of parasite DNA
Njiru ZK, Mikosza ASJ, Matoru E, Enyaru JCK, Ouma JO, Kibora SN, Thompson RCA, Ndung'u JM
Int J Parasitol (2007) doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.006
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