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Disease Diagnosis
Infectious diseases are a major health care challenge
that continues to test the limits of modern science.
Developing countries suffer disproportionately from
infectious diseases due to environmental, socio-economic and
demographic factors. PoC
Low cost and widely available diagnostics are critical for achieving DIAGNOSTIC
disease control in a country like India. However, currently available
tests have very poor sensitivity and cannot detect infection at an early-
stage. Sensitive molecular tests are a need of the hour.
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