Publications by authors named "Irene Nasuna"
Article Synopsis
- Reliance on sputum testing hampers access to TB molecular diagnostics, leading researchers to explore tongue swabs as a potential alternative.
- From June 2022 to July 2023, a study in Kampala, Uganda, involved 397 adults to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of tongue swab qPCR against traditional sputum tests.
- The findings indicate a high concordance (98.2%) between tongue swab qPCR and sputum tests, with sensitivity at 91.0% and specificity at 98.9%, suggesting that tongue swabs could effectively facilitate TB diagnosis.
