Tuberculosis testing patterns in South Africa to identify groups that would benefit from increased investigation

Abstract The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) collects all public health laboratory test results in South Africa, providing a cohort from which to identify groups, by age, sex, HIV, and viral suppression status, that would benefit from increased tuberculosis (TB) testing. Using NHLS data (2...

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Main Authors: Anne N. Shapiro, Lesley Scott, Harry Moultrie, Karen R. Jacobson, Jacob Bor, Abdou M. Fofana, Graeme Dor, Norbert O. Ndjeka, Pedro da Silva, Koleka Mlisana, Helen E. Jenkins, Wendy S. Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47148-y