For World TB Day this year, instead of playing a game to raise awareness (see last year’s post World TB Day at DNA Genotek), we asked our DNA Genotek colleagues to take a moment with friends and family to see how TB has impacted their lives. Many people, especially in more developed countries, might believe that tuberculosis has been eradicated. But for those of us who are more active in the TB community, we know we are still a long way from reaching our goal of ending TB.
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It is essential for organizations, companies and individuals to work together in the fight to end tuberculosis (TB). That is exactly what the Mozambique National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, UK have been doing to test the accuracy of a new TB treatment response assay. They have extended this collaboration to investigate the accuracy and utility of DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene®•SPUTUM reagent.
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In this two-part blog series, we had a chance to speak to Khalide Azam, Head of the Mozambique National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL), Nureisha Cadir, FHI360-Challenge TB Technical Laboratory Officer, and Dr. Wilber Sabiiti, Senior Research fellow with the Infection – Global health implementation group, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, about how shipping raw sputum samples at ambient temperature can affect sample quality, and have serious impacts on the accuracy of the tuberculosis test results. We also spoke about the partnership between the University and NRL, the work they are collaborating on and how our OMNIgene®•SPUTUM product fits into their workflow. Dr. Sabiiti is the Principle Investigator of the OMNIgene•SPUTUM evaluation study in Mozambique with Mr. Azam and Ms. Cadir as Co-Investigators.
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World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is only a brief 24 hours in March, but marking this day gives the global community a chance to consider the incredible impact of this infectious disease and what each of us is doing to stop it. The day also affords space to reflect on how each of us as individuals, organizations, and governments can join together in action.
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Welcome to DNA Genotek’s new blog focused on Infectious Diseases. While our primary content will focus on the field of tuberculosis (TB), watch out for content pertaining to key issues impacting global health.
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