Research calls for better assessment of tests for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 16:28
in Health & Medicine
A rapid and accurate diagnosis is the first step towards treatment in the fight against infectious disease. Researchers have highlighted the poor quality of published studies that evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests for three major killer infectious diseases. The new study suggests that diagnostic studies on TB, malaria and HIV commercial tests had low quality and were poorly reported.