Optimal Triage Test Characteristics to Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for TB Diagnosis: A Decision Analysis

• Anna H. van’t Hoog ,

  * E-mail: a.h.vanthoog@aighd.org

  Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Frank Cobelens,

  Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Anna Vassall,

  Affiliation Social and Mathematical Epidemiology Group (SAME), Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Sanne van Kampen,

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Susan E. Dorman,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• David Alland,

  Affiliation New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ, Department of Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Jerrold Ellner

  Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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