The second national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Vietnam.
Hai Viet NguyenEdine W TiemersmaHoa Binh NguyenFrank G J CobelensAlyssa FinlayPhilippe GlaziouCu Huy DaoVeriko MirtskhulavaHung Van NguyenHuyen T T PhamNgoc T T KhieuPetra de HaasNam Hoang DoPhan Do NguyenCong Van CungNhung Viet NguyenPublished in: PloS one (2020)
With highly sensitive diagnostics applied, this survey showed that the TB burden in Vietnam remains high. Half of the TB cases were not picked up by general symptom-based screening and were identified by chest X-ray only. Our results indicate that improving TB diagnostic capacity and access to care, along with reducing TB stigma, need to be top priorities for TB control and elimination in Vietnam.