Effectiveness and trend forecasting of tuberculosis diagnosis after the introduction of GeneXpert in a city in south-eastern Brazil.

Effectiveness and trend forecasting of tuberculosis diagnosis after the introduction of GeneXpert in a city in south-eastern Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>To evaluate the effectiveness of a rapid molecular test for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) and to predict the rates of disease in a municipality of Brazil where TB is endemic.<h4>Methods</h4>An ecological study was carried out in Ribeirão Preto-SP on a...

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Main Authors: Thaís Zamboni Berra, Dulce Gomes, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Yan Mathias Alves, Alexandre Tadashi Inomata Bruce, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Felipe Lima Dos Santos, Ludmilla Leideanne Limirio Souza, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
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.0252375

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