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Effectiveness and trend forecasting of tuberculosis diagnosis after the introduction of GeneXpert in a city in south-eastern Brazil

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effectiveness of a rapid molecular test for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) and to predict the rates of disease in a municipality of Brazil where TB is endemic. METHODS: An ecological study was carried out in Ribeirão Preto-SP on a population of TB cases notified betwe...

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Autores principales: Berra, Thaís Zamboni, Gomes, Dulce, Ramos, Antônio Carlos Vieira, Alves, Yan Mathias, Bruce, Alexandre Tadashi Inomata, Arroyo, Luiz Henrique, dos Santos, Felipe Lima, Souza, Ludmilla Leideanne Limirio, Crispim, Juliane de Almeida, Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8162696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34048490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252375