Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Background The lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan (LF‐LAM) assay Alere Determine™
TB LAM Ag is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help detect active …

Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a prospective noninvasive biomarker for tuberculosis (TB)
diagnosis. Here, we report a visual immunoassay of high sensitivity for detecting LAM in …

Background Rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a global health priority. HIV‐associated TB may have …

Biomarkers are indispensable to the development of new tuberculosis therapeutics and
vaccines. The most robust biomarkers measure factors that are essential to the underlying …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most life-threatening mycobacterial species
which is increasing the death rate due to emerging multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains …

With rapid emergence of multi-drug resistant microbes, it is imperative to seek alternative
means for infection control. Optical waveguides are an auspicious delivery method for …

Sensors are excellent options owing to their ability to figure out a large number of problems
and challenges in several areas, including homeland security, defense, medicine …

Waveguide enhanced Raman spectroscopy (WERS) utilizes simple, robust, high-index
contrast dielectric waveguides to generate a strong evanescent field, through which laser …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in most low-income countries.
Hence, rapid and sensitive TB diagnostics play an important role in detecting and preventing …