Establishing the cost of Xpert MTB/RIF mobile testing in high-burden peri-mining communities in South Africa

• Asıl Yazarlar: Naseem Cassim (Yazar), Lindi M. Coetzee (Yazar), Abel L. Makuraj (Yazar), Wendy S. Stevens (Yazar), Deborah K. Glencross (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: AOSIS, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Background: Globally, tuberculosis remains a major cause of mortality, with an estimated 1.3 million deaths per annum. The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is used as the initial diagnostic test in the tuberculosis diagnostic algorithm. To extend the national tuberculosis testing programme in South Africa, mobil...