Molecular diagnostic platforms are not without their disadvantages. Cost and complexity remain significant barriers to adoption in many laboratories, and NADTs often risk problems of laboratory contamination with amplified products, particularly if the assay procedure requires opening of the reaction tube prior to the target detection step [6] . Measures to limit contamination often require additional laboratory space that may not be available in resource-constrained settings. Nevertheless, NADT methods represent one of the more productive areas of diagnostics research, promising future improvements in automation and speed, smaller devices, improved cost efficiencies, and better detection of emerging pathogens [7] .