Operational Feasibility of “TB Concentration & Transport” and “TB DNA Extraction” Kits for Biosafe Dry Sputum Transport for Direct Detection of Drug Resistance Using Line Probe Assay: A Field Study in India
These findings provide evidence for incorporation of these kits into the NTEP. Their use can facilitate sputum transport from DMCs to NRLs and provide universal drug susceptibility testing to people with TB residing in remote areas.
Authors
- Sagarika Haldar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-4458)
- Nikita Panwalkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-0132)
- Manjula Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-3768)
- Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-4595)
- Nalini Kant Gupta
- Ritu Singhal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-5760)
- Dasarathi Das
- Sidhartha Giri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-7392)
- Jyotirmayee Turuk
- Rakesh Kumar Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9031-1109)
- Divya Anthwal
- Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-1137)
- K. Silambu Chelvi
- Khalid Umar Khayyam
- Sanghamitra Pati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-5592)
- Manpreet Bhalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8128-402X)
- Vithal Prasad Myneedu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-8678)
- Prabha Desikan
- Siva Kumar Shanmugam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9203-2664)
- Abhinav Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2648-5627)
- Keerti Chauhan
- Ashawant Gupta
Institutions
- Regional Medical Research Centre (IN)
- Department of Biotechnology (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (IN)
- Regional Medical Research Centre (IN)
- Advanced Microwave Technologies (United Kingdom) (GB)
- National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (IN)
- Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf207
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre