Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis

Charl Bezuidenhout, Lawrence Long, Brooke Nichols, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Matthew P Fox, Sharon Olifant, Grant Theron, Kuhle Fiphaza, Maria Pieruccini, Morten Ruhwald, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Bernard Fourie, Andrew Medina-Marino

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10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131
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2025-08
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BMJ Global Health
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BMJ
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131,
  title = {Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis},
  author = {Charl Bezuidenhout and Lawrence Long and Brooke Nichols and Gesine Meyer-Rath and Matthew P Fox and Sharon Olifant and Grant Theron and Kuhle Fiphaza and Maria Pieruccini and Morten Ruhwald and Adam Penn-Nicholson and Bernard Fourie and Andrew Medina-Marino},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ Global Health},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131}
}

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TI  - Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis
AU  - Charl Bezuidenhout
AU  - Lawrence Long
AU  - Brooke Nichols
AU  - Gesine Meyer-Rath
AU  - Matthew P Fox
AU  - Sharon Olifant
AU  - Grant Theron
AU  - Kuhle Fiphaza
AU  - Maria Pieruccini
AU  - Morten Ruhwald
AU  - Adam Penn-Nicholson
AU  - Bernard Fourie
AU  - Andrew Medina-Marino
PY  - 2025
JO  - BMJ Global Health
DO  - 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131
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Bezuidenhout, C., Long, L., Nichols, B., Meyer-Rath, G., Fox, M. P., Olifant, S., Theron, G., Fiphaza, K., Pieruccini, M., Ruhwald, M., Penn-Nicholson, A., Fourie, B., & Medina-Marino, A. (2025). Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis. BMJ Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018131

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