“If we lose it, we are worried”: Individual and provider level perceptions towards weight change among people living with HIV who undergo TB screening in routine health care settings in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Underreporting weight loss might result in poor sensitivity of the WHO TB screening tool and suggests that we need either alternative ways to determine weight loss or screening tools for TB that are less dependent on reported symptoms.

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PLoS ONE
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2025-09-22
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331904
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HIV-related health complications and treatments
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“If we lose it, we are worried”: Individual and provider level perceptions towards weight change among people living with HIV who undergo TB screening in routine health care settings in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Nontobeko Ndlovu, Salome Charalambous, Tanyaradzwa Dube, Yasmeen Hanifa et al.
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HIV-related health complications and treatments
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“If we lose it, we are worried”: Individual and provider level perceptions towards weight change among people living with HIV who undergo TB screening in routine health care settings in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Nontobeko Ndlovu, Salome Charalambous, Tanyaradzwa Dube, Yasmeen Hanifa, Alison D. Grant, Johannes Machinya, Fezeka Mboniswa, Samkelisiwe Ethel Qwana
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Underreporting weight loss might result in poor sensitivity of the WHO TB screening tool and suggests that we need either alternative ways to determine weight loss or screening tools for TB that are less dependent on reported symptoms.

PLoS ONEVol. 20(9)
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Aurum Institute (ZA), Africa Health Research Institute (ZA), Dermatology Specialists (US), University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
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HIV-related health complications and treatments
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“If we lose it, we are worried”: Individual and provider level perceptions towards weight change among people living with HIV who undergo TB screening in routine health care settings in Gauteng Province, South Africa — Nontobeko Ndlovu, Salome Charalambous, et al. · PLoS ONE (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS