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giant African pouched ratTelegraph
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Around 50 giant African pouched rats are working to diagnose TB infections in patients across Africa .
The bacterial disease claims roughly 1.3 million lives per year, over a third of which are on the African continent.
The rodents have so far screened half a million TB samples in Tanzania , Ethiopia , and Mozambique all of which rank in the top 30 countries with the highest burden of the disease.
APOPO’s rats could be used to detect more diseases, too, like salmonella and brucellosis.
Experts have noted that the rats cannot differentiate between TB and drug-resistant strains.
But not everyone is convinced of the rats' contribution to the fight against tuberculosis.
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