Novel health system strategies for tuberculin skin testing at primary care clinics: Performance assessment and health economic evaluation.

<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculin skin test (TST) for guiding initiation of tuberculosis preventive therapy poses major challenges in high tuberculosis burden settings.<h4>Methods</h4>At a primary care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, 278 HIV-positive adults self-read their...

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Main Authors: Eva Van Ginderdeuren, Jean Bassett, Colleen F Hanrahan, Lillian Mutunga, Annelies Van Rie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246523