Economic Evaluation of Screening Strategy for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients: Systematic Review and Quality Assessment

A tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) can be used to screen for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Due to its low cost, TST has been used particularly in underdeveloped countries. The limitations of TST were poor specificity in populations with a high prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Yoopetch, Panida, Chitpim, Natthakan, Jittikoon, Jiraphun, Udomsinprasert, Wanvisa, Thavorncharoensap, Montarat, Youngkong, Sitaporn, Praditsitthikorn, Naiyana, Mahasirimongkol, Surakameth, Chaikledkaew, Usa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Systematic Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294107
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013529

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294107
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013529

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