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
U.S. NIH; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Authors
- Sharon Olifant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0853-2207)
- Nondumiso Ngcelwane
- Kuhle Fiphaza
- Maria Pieruccini
- Andrew Medina-Marino
- Morten Ruhwald
- Adam Penn-Nicholson
- Bernard Fourie
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- Western Cape Department of Health (ZA)
- Brown University (US)
- South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (ZA)
- Foundation for Professional Development (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346589
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- National Institutes of Health