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Tuberculosis

A large, untapped global market exists for improved TB tests

Published in Medical Imaging Week, November 18th, 2006

One third of the world's population is infected with latent TB, and at risk of developing the active disease. A significant and largely untapped global market exists for more effective and affordable tests to diagnose tuberculosis in low and middle income countries, where most TB cases today occur.

This is the major finding of a new report, Diagnostics for Tuberculosis: Global Demand and Market Potential, released by the Special Programme for Tropical Disease Research and Training (WHO/ TDR) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND).

Most people in the world who have tuberculosis (TB), or live in TB risk areas, do not have good access...

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