Sputum availability and quality in country-level TB prevalence surveys

IJTLD Open. 2024 Nov 1;1(11):528-530. doi: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0117. eCollection 2024 Nov.

P Papadopoulou¹, M Gaeddert¹, A Gupta-Wright^{1

2

3}, C M Denkinger^{1

4}, F M Marx^{1

4

5}

¹ Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ DSI-NRF South African Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: Xpert MTB/RIF; national-level TB surveys; people living with HIV; tuberculosis.