Open AccessYield, Efficiency, and Costs of Mass Screening Algorithms for Tuberculosis in Brazilian Prisons
Author(s) -
Andréa da Silva Santos,
de Oliveira,
Everton Ferreira Lemos,
Fernando Parra dos Anjos Lima,
Ted Cohen,
Olivia Cords,
Leonardo Martínez,
Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves,
Albert I. Ko,
Jason R Andrews,
Júlio Croda
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa135
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , sputum culture , algorithm , pathology , computer science
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among incarcerated populations globally. We performed mass TB screening in 3 prisons and assessed yield, efficiency, and costs associated with various screening algorithms.