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In-home TB Testing Using GeneXpert Edge is Acceptable, Feasible, and Improves the Proportion of Symptomatic Household Contacts Tested for TB: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

Andrew Medina-MarinoDana BezuidenhoutCharl BezuidenhoutShelley N FacenteBernard FourieSanghyuk S ShinAdam Penn-NicholsonGrant Theron
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
In-home testing for TB was acceptable, feasible, and increased HHCs with a molecular test result. In-home testing mitigates a major limitation of household contact investigations (dependency on clinic-based referral), revealing new strategies for enhancing early case detection.
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