Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine news release
Researchers demonstrated that rapid, low-cost TB diagnosis is within reach for the ‘missed millions’. A study across seven high-burden countries showed that pooled sputum testing on Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra — examining samples from several people in a single molecular test cartridge — halves the required cartridges to make successful diagnoses with only a small reduction in accuracy.
Read the full news release here.
Practical, openly available resources on pooled testing — designed to support implementation and decision-making — are available here.
For more TB updates, check out the TB CAB Weekly Newsletter (Issue #25, 27 September 2026).
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