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The cyanobacterial lectin, microvirin-N, enhances the specificity and sensitivity of lipoarabinomannan-based TB diagnostic tests

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death globally, despite being treatable. The eradication of TB disease requires, amongst others, diagnostic tests with high specificity and sensitivity that will work at the point of care (POC) in low-resource settings. The TB surface glycolipid anti...

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Autores principales: van der Horst, Megan, Karamchand, Leshern, Bauer, Westley S., Nel, Andrew J. M., Blackburn, Jonathan M., Wright, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8374243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33367346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0an01725f