Publications by authors named "Eldas M Maesela"
Trop Med Infect Dis
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Patient loss to follow-up due to expensive and centralized diagnostics for tuberculosis is a major challenge, stressing the need for a more accessible testing method.
- - Current biomarkers, specifically antibodies against mycolic acids in mycobacterial cell walls, show potential but are hard to detect with typical rapid tests because they are of low affinity.
- - Researchers have developed a new method for detecting mycolic acid antibodies using engineered monoclonal antibodies, leading to the creation of a novel lateral flow immunoassay called MALIA, which shows promise for practical tuberculosis testing.
