Study protocol: a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of onsite GeneXpert testing at community health centers in Uganda (XPEL-TB)

Study protocol: a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of onsite GeneXpert testing at community health centers in Uganda (XPEL-TB)

Abstract Background Delays in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) remain common in high-burden countries. To improve case detection, substantial investments have been made to scale-up Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test that can detect TB within 2 hours,...

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Main Authors: Tania F. Reza, Talemwa Nalugwa, Katherine Farr, Mariam Nantale, Denis Oyuku, Annet Nakaweesa, Johnson Musinguzi, Moksha Vangala, Priya B. Shete, Austin Tucker, Olivia Ferguson, Katherine Fielding, Hojoon Sohn, David Dowdy, David A. J. Moore, J. Lucian Davis, Sara L. Ackerman, Margaret A. Handley, Achilles Katamba, Adithya Cattamanchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Implementation Science
Subjects:
Cluster randomized trial
Pragmatic trial
Effectiveness-implementation design
Tuberculosis
Xpert MTB/RIF
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-020-00988-y

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