Cost-Effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected patients clinicaly screened for latent tuberculosis infection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A prospective Cohort study

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Grace A. Shayo (مؤلف), Dereck Chitama (مؤلف), Candida Moshiro (مؤلف), Said Aboud (مؤلف), Muhammad Bakari (مؤلف), Ferdinand Mugusi (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background One of the reasons why Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for Tuberculosis (TB) is not widely used in low income countries is concerns on cost of excluding active TB. We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of IPT provision in Tanzania having ruled out active TB by a symptom-based scr...