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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles using Real-Time Immuno-PCR: A Non-Invasive Diagnostic Approach for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2025-12-08
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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Non-sputum–based diagnostics using readily available clinical samples represent an urgent need in the effort to improve tuberculosis (TB) detection and control. This study evaluated urine as a non-invasive alternative by isolating urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs), which naturally concentrate <italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> (Mtb) antigens such as MPT-64 and lipoarabi...
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- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Extracellular vesicles in disease
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4f4d83ec-87ee-5e77-8de1-09b943ebaebf
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8212724/v1
