Factors associated with performing tuberculosis screening of HIV-positive patients in Ghana: LASSO-based predictor selection in a large public health data set.

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 13, 2016

Authors

Susanne Mueller-Using1,2, Torsten Feldt1,3, Fred Stephen Sarfo4,5, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt6

Author Affiliations

1: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Str. 74, 20359, Hamburg, Germany.
2: Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Heimhuder Str. 71, 20148, Hamburg, Germany.
3: Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
4: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University Post Office - KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
5: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 1934, Kumasi, Ghana.
6: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Str. 74, 20359, Hamburg, Germany. k.eberhardt@bnitm.de.

Associated clinical trials:

The Impact of Helicobacter Pylori Infection on Immune Regulation and Clinical Course in HIV Patients in Ghana (HHECO) | NCT01897909

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