""It's a nasty substance," says Adithya Cattamanchi, a pulmonologist at UC Irvine. "No one likes it, right? You don't like to cough it up. Health workers don't like to work with it.""
""So for a long time, we have been trying to make the diagnosis of tuberculosis easier, cheaper, and quicker," says Alfred Andama, a microbiologist at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda."
""It's cheaper than a microscope," says Cattamanchi, since swabs are easy to process. He explains that the device itself costs $300, and the fee per test is $3 to $4."
""It's more affordable, it's more accessible," according to a new study on the MiniDock MTB test."
Tuberculosis remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, with traditional testing methods relying on phlegm, which is difficult to collect and analyze. The MiniDock MTB test, developed by Pluslife, allows for testing using a tongue swab, making it more accessible and portable. This new method is faster, cheaper, and more accurate than conventional tests, costing $3 to $4 per test and $300 for the device. The MiniDock MTB aims to improve tuberculosis diagnosis, especially for those unable to produce phlegm easily.
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