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WHO adds Histoplasma antigen test to their Essential Diagnostics List

The World Health Organisation has updated its Essential Medicines List to the Histoplasma antigen test, which can be used on urine to diagnose histoplasmosis in 48 hours. Rolling out this test worldwide could save up to 48,000 lives in 5 years.

Published July 11, 2019
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Americas, antigen, EDL, endemic, GAFFI, Histo, WHO

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