title: Novel and improved technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis: progress and challenges.
abstract: Despite a decade of success in improving cure rates for tuberculosis (TB), diagnosis and case detection remain a major obstacle to TB control. This article reviews the existing evidence base on TB diagnostics, describes the progress of new technologies, and ends with a review of cost-effectiveness and modeling studies on the potential effect of new diagnostics in TB control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, H3A 1A2, Canada. madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Madhukar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minion
authors.forename: Hojoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zwerling
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*