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Cheap, smart and efficient: how giant rats are transforming the fight against TB

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Tanzania and Ethiopia are among 30 countries with a high TB burden.

The screening programme is run by a charity called Apopo .

Using the rats saves time, as they can screen scores of samples within minutes .

Research shows the rats are correct in at least 82% of cases compared with standard clinical tests.

The 40% reduction in TB incidence in Tanzania since 2015 can be attributed in part to clinics’ public screenings.

Apopo ’s laboratory in Dar es Salaam identified more than 2,000 cases that otherwise would have gone undetected and helped avert at least 24,000 new infections.

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