Project: GeneXpert for TB diagnosis

Date: September 2016

Photo Credit: Christine McNab/Stop TB Partnership

Natalia Morari, a TB nurse and laboratory technician at the TB Community Centre in Rezina, Moldova, prepares and uses the GeneXpert for TB diagnosis. GeneXpert is a newer diagnostic tool that reduces the time it takes to diagnose TB from weeks, to under two hours. The molecular test can diagnose TB and some forms of multi-drug resistant TB. The speed of the results means patients can be tested and begin treatment rapidly.