Diagnostic accuracy of a novel tuberculosis point-of-care urine lipoarabinomannan assay for people living with HIV: A meta-analysis of individual in- and outpatient data.
<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death in people living with HIV (PLHIV), yet TB often goes undiagnosed since many patients are not able to produce a sputum specimen, and traditional diagnostics are costly or unavailable. A novel, rapid lateral flow assay,...
Main Authors: | Tobias Broger, Mark P Nicol, Rita Székely, Stephanie Bjerrum, Bianca Sossen, Charlotte Schutz, Japheth A Opintan, Isik S Johansen, Satoshi Mitarai, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Andrew D Kerkhoff, Aurélien Macé, Stefano Ongarello, Graeme Meintjes, Claudia M Denkinger, Samuel G Schumacher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003113 |
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