Comparative Yield of Tuberculosis during Active Case Finding Using GeneXpert or Smear Microscopy for Diagnostic Testing in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Comparative Yield of Tuberculosis during Active Case Finding Using GeneXpert or Smear Microscopy for Diagnostic Testing in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study compared the yield of tuberculosis (TB) active case finding (ACF) interventions applied under TB REACH funding. Between June 2017 to November 2018, Birat Nepal Medical Trust identified presumptive cases using simple verbal screening from three interventions: door-to-door screening of soci...

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Main Authors: Suman Chandra Gurung, Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Raghu Dhital, Puskar Raj Paudel, Shraddha Acharya, Gangaram Budhathoki, Deepak Malla, Jens W. Levy, Knut Lönnroth, Andrew Ramsay, Buddha Basnyat, Anil Thapa, Gokul Mishra, Bishal Subedi, Mohammad Kashim Shah, Anil Shrestha, Maxine Caws
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
active case finding
TB yield rate
ACF strategies
ACF interventions
GeneXpert
Nepal
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/50

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