Market assessment of tuberculosis diagnostics in Brazil in 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved diagnostics for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed. However, test developers and investors require market size data to support new product development. This study assessed the served available market for TB diagnostics in Brazil in 2012 and the market segmentation in the public and private sectors.

Methods

Data were collected on test volumes done in the public and private sectors for the diagnosis of latent and active TB, drug susceptibility testing and treatment follow-up. Tests included were tuberculin skin tests, interferon-gamma releases assays, smear microscopy, solid and liquid cultures, nucleic acid amplification tests and phenotypic drug susceptibility tests. The data were collected by means of an electronic survey via the Braz

SUBMITTER: TB Diagnostics Market Analysis Consortium 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4123933 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature