Blood-based host biomarker diagnostics in active case finding for pulmonary tuberculosis: A diagnostic case-control study

Blood-based host biomarker diagnostics in active case finding for pulmonary tuberculosis: A diagnostic case-control study

Background: There is a need to identify scalable tuberculosis screening strategies among high burden populations. The WHO has identified a non-sputum-based triage test as a development priority. Methods: We performed a diagnostic case-control study of point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) and Proto...

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Main Authors: Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Renu Verma, Paulo Cesar Pereira dos Santos, Alessandra Leite, Andrea da Silva Santos, Rafaele Carla Pivetta de Araujo, Bruna Oliveira da Silva, Júlio Henrique Ferreira de Sá Queiroz, David H. Persing, Erik Södersten, Devasena Gnanashanmugam, Purvesh Khatri, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Diagnostic
Host response
Biomarker
Triage
Active case finding
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021000560

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