Mass screening diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis exist, but criticisms exist regarding the sensitivity and specificity of these tools. Here the authors use RNA-Seq and a modular bioinformatics approach using data from their own cohorts and meta-analysis of published cohorts to create a reduced signature for detection of tuberculosis that does not detect other diseases.
- Akul Singhania
- Raman Verma
- Anne O’Garra
