The importance of implementation strategy in scaling up Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Indian health-care system: a transmission model.

The importance of implementation strategy in scaling up Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Indian health-care system: a transmission model.

<h4>Background</h4>India has announced a goal of universal access to quality tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. A number of novel diagnostics could help meet this important goal. The rollout of one such diagnostic, Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is being considered, but if Xpert is used m...

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Main Authors: Henrik Salje, Jason R Andrews, Sarang Deo, Srinath Satyanarayana, Amanda Y Sun, Madhukar Pai, David W Dowdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25025235/?tool=EBI

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