Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem with 9 million new TB cases and 1.5 million TB deaths in 2013.
Given that with a wide health care access to diagnosis, most deaths are preventable, TB mortality is still unacceptably high.
With TOPO-TB the aim is to develop the first rapid diagnostic kit based on detection of the activity of an essential enzyme of
the bacteria. A high degree of simplicity and low cost, in combination with mycobacteria detection in non-sputum samples,
will enable TOPO-TB to achieve high impact on Tuberculosis control and elimination. Importantly, the low resource
adaptable format meets the requirements of highly competitive TB test, complementing state-of-the-art methods for detection
at the point of care patient level.
Given that with a wide health care access to diagnosis, most deaths are preventable, TB mortality is still unacceptably high.
With TOPO-TB the aim is to develop the first rapid diagnostic kit based on detection of the activity of an essential enzyme of
the bacteria. A high degree of simplicity and low cost, in combination with mycobacteria detection in non-sputum samples,
will enable TOPO-TB to achieve high impact on Tuberculosis control and elimination. Importantly, the low resource
adaptable format meets the requirements of highly competitive TB test, complementing state-of-the-art methods for detection
at the point of care patient level.
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| Web resources: | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/698260 |
| Start date: | 01-10-2015 |
| End date: | 31-03-2016 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | 71 429,00 Euro - 50 000,00 Euro |
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Original description
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem with 9 million new TB cases and 1.5 million TB deaths in 2013.Given that with a wide health care access to diagnosis, most deaths are preventable, TB mortality is still unacceptably high.
With TOPO-TB the aim is to develop the first rapid diagnostic kit based on detection of the activity of an essential enzyme of
the bacteria. A high degree of simplicity and low cost, in combination with mycobacteria detection in non-sputum samples,
will enable TOPO-TB to achieve high impact on Tuberculosis control and elimination. Importantly, the low resource
adaptable format meets the requirements of highly competitive TB test, complementing state-of-the-art methods for detection
at the point of care patient level.
Status
CLOSEDCall topic
PHC-12-2015-1Update Date
26-10-2022
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