Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies.

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Published in PLoS Med on January 18, 2011

Authors

Haileyesus Getahun1, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Charles M Heilig, Elizabeth L Corbett, Helen Ayles, Kevin P Cain, Alison D Grant, Gavin J Churchyard, Michael Kimerling, Sarita Shah, Stephen D Lawn, Robin Wood, Gary Maartens, Reuben Granich, Anand A Date, Jay K Varma

Author Affiliations

1: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. getahunh@who.int

Associated clinical trials:

TB Screening Improves Preventive Therapy Uptake (TB SCRIPT) | NCT04557176

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