The cost-effectiveness of routine tuberculosis screening with Xpert MTB/RIF prior to initiation of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a model-based analysis

BACKGROUND: In settings with high tuberculosis prevalence, 15–30% of HIV-infected individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) have undiagnosed tuberculosis. Such patients are usually screened by symptoms and sputum smear, which have poor sensitivity. OBJECTIVE: To project the clinical and ec...

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Main Authors: Andrews, Jason R., Lawn, Stephen D., Rusu, Corina, Wood, Robin, Noubary, Farzad, Bender, Melissa A., Horsburgh, C. Robert, Losina, Elena, Freedberg, Kenneth A., Walensky, Rochelle P.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2012
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517815/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22333751
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283522d47
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