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Assessing new strategies for TB diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries

In this manuscript, we report the current situation of tuberculosis globally and in Brazil, the need for new strategies toward tuberculosis control, focusing on new diagnostic technologies. Critical comments are given on the state of the art regarding the evaluation of new health technologies, degre...

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Autores principales: Kritski, Afrânio, Fujiwara, Paula I., Vieira, Maria Armanda, Netto, Antonio Ruffino, Oliveira, Martha Maria, Huf, Gisele, Bertel Squire, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23465598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.004
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author Kritski, Afrânio
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description In this manuscript, we report the current situation of tuberculosis globally and in Brazil, the need for new strategies toward tuberculosis control, focusing on new diagnostic technologies. Critical comments are given on the state of the art regarding the evaluation of new health technologies, degree of scientific evidence needed, evaluation of clinical impact, cost-effectiveness of incorporation into the health system and the social impact.
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spelling pubmed-94273642022-09-01 Assessing new strategies for TB diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries Kritski, Afrânio Fujiwara, Paula I. Vieira, Maria Armanda Netto, Antonio Ruffino Oliveira, Martha Maria Huf, Gisele Bertel Squire, S. Braz J Infect Dis Special Article In this manuscript, we report the current situation of tuberculosis globally and in Brazil, the need for new strategies toward tuberculosis control, focusing on new diagnostic technologies. Critical comments are given on the state of the art regarding the evaluation of new health technologies, degree of scientific evidence needed, evaluation of clinical impact, cost-effectiveness of incorporation into the health system and the social impact. Elsevier 2013-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9427364/ /pubmed/23465598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.004 Text en © 2013 Elsevier Editora Ltda. Este é um artigo Open Access sob a licença de CC BY-NC-ND. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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