Sensitivity of Various Case Detection Algorithms for Community-based Tuberculosis Screening

Abstract Using data from 388 people diagnosed with tuberculosis through a community-based screening program in Lima, Peru, we estimated that cough screening followed by sputum smear microscopy would have detected only 23% of cases found using an algorithm of radiographic screening followed by rapid...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2023-02, Vol.76 (3), p.e987-e989
Hauptverfasser:	Puma, Daniela, Yuen, Courtney M, Millones, Ana K, Brooks, Meredith B, Jimenez, Judith, Calderon, Roger I, Lecca, Leonid, Becerra, Mercedes C, Keshavjee, Salmaan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Humans Mass Screening Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques Peru - epidemiology Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum Tuberculosis - diagnosis
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