Scaling-up the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in India: An economic analysis.

Scaling-up the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in India: An economic analysis.

India is considering the scale-up of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for detection of tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance. We conducted an economic analysis to estimate the costs of different strategies of Xpert implementation in India.Using a decision analytical model, we compared four diagnostic s...

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Main Authors: Sunil Khaparde, Neeraj Raizada, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Claudia Denkinger, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Chinnambedu Nainarappan Paramasivan, Virender Singh Salhotra, Anna Vassall, Anja Van't Hoog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5589184?pdf=render

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