Peer-reviewedCC BYEClinicalMedicine
Diagnostic testing for pulmonary tuberculosis in low and middle-income countries: innovations to achieve universal access—a narrative review
7 affiliations
- 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Consultant Heath Systems Strengthening and Diagnostics, Matahari Global Solutions, Malaysia
- 3Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland
- 4Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- 5ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India
- 6McGill International TB Center and McGill School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 7Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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BibTeX
@article{ismail2026diagnostic,
title = {{Diagnostic testing for pulmonary tuberculosis in low and middle-income countries: innovations to achieve universal access—a narrative review}},
author = {Nazir A. Ismail and Rebecca H. Berhanu and Nina von Knorring and Marguerite Massinga Loembe and Mikashmi Kohli and Rumina Hasan and Siva K. Shanmugam and Surbhi Sheokand and Achilles Katamba and Madhukar Pai and Shaheed V. Omar},
journal = {EClinicalMedicine},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13659590},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Diagnostic testing for pulmonary tuberculosis in low and middle-income countries: innovations to achieve universal access—a narrative review
AU - Nazir A. Ismail
AU - Rebecca H. Berhanu
AU - Nina von Knorring
AU - Marguerite Massinga Loembe
AU - Mikashmi Kohli
AU - Rumina Hasan
AU - Siva K. Shanmugam
AU - Surbhi Sheokand
AU - Achilles Katamba
AU - Madhukar Pai
AU - Shaheed V. Omar
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/22
JO - EClinicalMedicine
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13659590
SN - 2589-5370
ER -