Economic evaluation of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection: A modelling study.

• Main Authors: Lara Goscé (Author), Kasim Allel (Author), Yohhei Hamada (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), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Evidence on the economic impact of novel skin tests for tuberculosis infection (TBST) is scarce and limited by study quality. We used estimates on the cost-effectiveness of the use of TBST compared to current tuberculosis infection (TBI) tests to assess whether TBST are affordable and feasible to im...