WHO grants first-ever approval for a tuberculosis diagnostic test

WHO grants first-ever approval for a tuberculosis diagnostic test

Publication date: Dec 06, 2024

The World Health Organization has announced that it granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis, called Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHOs prequalification standards, the UN agency said in a statement on Thursday. Tuberculosis is one of the worlds leading infectious disease killers, causing o .. .

Concepts Keywords
Annually Accurate
Detectionaccording Countries
Mycobacterium Diagnostic
Singapores Mtb
Tuberculosis Prequalification
Quality
Resistant
Rif
Tb
Test
Tests
Tuberculosis
Ultra
Xpert

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis
disease IDO susceptibility
disease MESH infectious disease
pathway REACTOME Infectious disease
disease MESH Access to Medicines
disease IDO quality
disease IDO nucleic acid
disease MESH causes
drug DRUGBANK Rifampicin

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