Cost-effectiveness of IGRA/QFT-Plus for TB screening of migrants in Oman

Objective: To estimate the cost of a screening program for identifying latent tuberculosis (TB) infections in migrants to Oman. Methods: A Markov model was used to estimate the cost of screening using an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) applied to all migrants from high TB endemic countries, fo...

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Main Authors: Seif Al Abri, Akiko Kowada, Fatma Yaqoubi, Sulien Al Khalili, Nduku Ndunda, Eskild Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220301296