Tests for identifying the world's most important microbial pathogens are antiquated, inaccurate and inadequate. Innovative public-private partnership is needed to develop and produce new infectious disease diagnostics that are more rapid and of greater accuracy and sensitivity.
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Perkins, M., Small, P. Partnering for better microbial diagnostics. Nat Biotechnol 24, 919–921 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0806-919
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