PhD student in Epidemiology @McGill_TB and @tb_pai, @mcgillu
Oct 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Our new systematic review and meta-analysis in @TheLancetInfDis on diagnostic performance of newer skin tests for #tuberculosis infection compared to TST and IGRA: a quick tweetorial! @LeleRangaka@cdenki@McGill_TB@UCLTB@StopTB@FINDdx authors.elsevier.com/c/1drDZ5E-UoV4…
With an estimated 2 billion ppl w/ #TBinfection (TBI) worldwide, TBI screening is important for TB control - but, scalability of commonly-used TBI tests is limited (eg. high cost of IGRAs, low specificity of TST),making it a priority to evaluate the dx performance of newer tests