Question: World Health Organisation (WHO) recently admitted that Truenat MTB is a high accuracy TB diagnostic test. This TB diagnosis test has been developed by-
(a) UK
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Italy
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- On 14 January, 2020; the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Rapid Communication had mentioned that TB diagnostic test developed in India has high accuracy.
- This new TB diagnostic test is India-made Truenat MTB, a molecular diagnostic test for pulmonary and extra pulmonary TB and rifampicin-resistant TB.
- It will be used as an initial test thus replacing sputum smear microscopy.
- Truenat is developed by the Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics.