Comparing Additionality of Tuberculosis Cases Using GeneXpert or Smear-Based Active TB Case-Finding Strategies among Social Contacts of Index Cases in Nepal

This study compares the yield and additionality of community-based active tuberculosis (TB) active case-finding strategies using either smear microscopy or GeneXpert as the TB diagnostic test. Active case-finding strategies screened social contacts of index cases and high-risk groups in four distric...

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Главные авторы:	Suman Chandra Gurung, Kritika Dixit, Rajan Paudel, Manoj Kumar Sah, Ram Narayan Pandit, Tara Prasad Aryal, Shikha Upadhyay Khatiwada, Govind Majhi, Raghu Dhital, Puskar Raj Paudel, Gyanendra Shrestha, Bhola Rai, Gangaram Budhathoki, Mukti Khanal, Gokul Mishra, Jens Levy, Job Van de Rest, Anchal Thapa, Andrew Ramsay, Stephen Bertel Squire, Knut Lönnroth, Buddha Basnyat, Maxine Caws
Формат:	Artigo
Язык:	Inglês
Опубликовано:	MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Серии:	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Предметы:	active case-finding TB yield rate ACF interventions GeneXpert Nepal
Online-ссылка:	https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/7/369
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