In-home molecular testing of tongue swabs and sputum to inform household-level screening with diagnostic escalation strategies for tuberculosis contact investigation: a prospective cohort study in South Africa.
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- 2026 Feb 23
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@article{allodium:10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589,
title = {In-home molecular testing of tongue swabs and sputum to inform household-level screening with diagnostic escalation strategies for tuberculosis contact investigation: a prospective cohort study in South Africa.},
author = {Medina-Marino A and Olifant S and Pieruccini M and Fiphaza K and Ngcelwane N and Ruhwald M and Penn-Nicholson A and Fourie B},
year = {2026},
journal = {medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences},
doi = {10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589},
url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589}
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TY - JOUR TI - In-home molecular testing of tongue swabs and sputum to inform household-level screening with diagnostic escalation strategies for tuberculosis contact investigation: a prospective cohort study in South Africa. AU - Medina-Marino A AU - Olifant S AU - Pieruccini M AU - Fiphaza K AU - Ngcelwane N AU - Ruhwald M AU - Penn-Nicholson A AU - Fourie B PY - 2026 JO - medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences DO - 10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589 UR - https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589 ER -
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A, M., S, O., M, P., K, F., N, N., M, R., A, P., & B, F. (2026). In-home molecular testing of tongue swabs and sputum to inform household-level screening with diagnostic escalation strategies for tuberculosis contact investigation: a prospective cohort study in South Africa.. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589
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