Systematic review of the economic impact of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection compared with tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assays.

• Main Authors: Lara Goscé (Author), Kasim Allel (Author), Yohhei Hamada (Author), Elena Surkova (Author), Irina Kontsevaya (Author), Ting Ting Wang (Author), Wan-Hsin Liu (Author), Alexander Matveev (Author), Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina (Author), Alexei Korobitsyn (Author), Nazir Ismail (Author), Saima Bashir (Author), Claudia M Denkinger (Author), Ibrahim Abubakar (Author), Peter J White (Author), Molebogeng X Rangaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Purified Protein Derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and blood-based Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) specific interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) are the currently used tests for identifying individuals with TB infection for preventive treatment. However, challenges around access and imp...