Acceptability and feasibility of oral swabs for tuberculosis diagnosis in young children: a qualitative study from Uganda and Peru
Oral swabs are acceptable and feasible for pediatric TB diagnosis in diverse settings, though concerns about sensitivity persist. Their integration as an add-on test could expand diagnostic access, especially if incorporated into scalable, point-of-care approaches.
Authors
- Luisa Pollmeier
- Godfrey Bagenda
- Lazaaro Mujumbusi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-1456)
- Francesca Wanda Basile
- Susan Dorman
- Emmanuel Nasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2797-3596)
- Rodrigo Calderon-Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-8594)
- Prossy Mbekeeka
- Jerrold J. Ellner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6150-0082)
- Rinn Song
- Franziska Held
- Rose Namaganda
- Angel Kanyange
- Abner Tagoola
- Carlos Zamudio
- Moses Joloba
- Adeodata Kekitiinwa
- Nora Engel
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Jinja Hospital (UG)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical (PY)
- Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation (UG)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Integrated Systems Solutions (United States) (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Tuberculosis
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/ftubr.2026.1726647
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases