Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Chemistry) / Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) that
usually affects the lungs leading to severe coughing, fever and chest pains. It was estimated
that over 9.6 million people worldwide developed TB and 1.5 million died from the infectious
disease of which 12 % were co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the year
2015. In 2016 the statistics increased to a total of 1.7 million people reportedly died from TB
with an estimated 10.4 million new cases of TB diagnosed worldwide. The development of the
efficient point-of-care systems that are ultra-sensitive, cheap and readily available is essential
in order to address and control the spread of the tuberculosis (TB) disease and multidrugresistant
tuberculosis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6330 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Ngema, Xolani Terrance |
| Contributors | Baker, Priscilla |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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