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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Autores principales: Gurung, Suman Chandra, Dixit, Kritika, Paudel, Rajan, Sah, Manoj Kumar, Pandit, Ram Narayan, Aryal, Tara Prasad, Khatiwada, Shikha Upadhyay, Majhi, Govind, Dhital, Raghu, Paudel, Puskar Raj, Shrestha, Gyanendra, Rai, Bhola, Budhathoki, Gangaram, Khanal, Mukti, Mishra, Gokul, Levy, Jens, Van de Rest, Job, Thapa, Anchal, Ramsay, Andrew, Squire, Stephen Bertel, Lönnroth, Knut, Basnyat, Buddha, Caws, Maxine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37505665
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8070369

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