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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Naseem Cassim (लेखक), Lindi M. Coetzee (लेखक), Abel L. Makuraj (लेखक), Wendy S. Stevens (लेखक), Deborah K. Glencross (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: AOSIS, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...