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For Tuberculosis, Not "To Screen or Not to Screen?" but "Who?" and "How?"

Maha Reda FarhatKaren Rita Jacobson
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Active case finding leveraging new molecular diagnostics and chest X-rays with automated interpretation algorithms is increasingly being developed for high-risk populations to drive down tuberculosis incidence. We consider why such an approach did not deliver a decline in tuberculosis prevalence in Brazilian prison populations and what to consider next.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • high throughput
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • machine learning
  • risk factors
  • hiv aids
  • deep learning
  • adverse drug
  • emergency department
  • genetic diversity
  • antiretroviral therapy