Comparing yield and relative costs of WHO TB screening algorithms in selected risk groups among people aged 65 years and over in China, 2013

Canyou Zhang; Yunzhou Ruan; Jun Cheng; Fei Zhao; Yinyin Xia; Hui Zhang; Ewan Wilkinson; Mrinalini Das; Jie Li; Wei Chen; Dongmei Hu; Kathiresan Jeyashree; Lixia Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176581

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Comparing yield and relative costs of WHO TB screening algorithms in selected risk groups among people aged 65 years and over in China, 2013

Canyou Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Canyou Zhang, Yunzhou Ruan

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Yunzhou Ruan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Canyou Zhang, Yunzhou Ruan

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Jun Cheng ,

* E-mail: chengjun@chinatb.org (JC); wanglx@chinatb.org (LXW); ewan.wilkinson@gmail.com (EW)

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Fei Zhao,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Yinyin Xia,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Hui Zhang,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Ewan Wilkinson ,

* E-mail: chengjun@chinatb.org (JC); wanglx@chinatb.org (LXW); ewan.wilkinson@gmail.com (EW)

Affiliation Institute of Medicine, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom
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Mrinalini Das,

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Delhi, India
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Jie Li,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Wei Chen,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Dongmei Hu,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Kathiresan Jeyashree,

Affiliation Velammal Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Madurai, India
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Lixia Wang

* E-mail: chengjun@chinatb.org (JC); wanglx@chinatb.org (LXW); ewan.wilkinson@gmail.com (EW)

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Comparing yield and relative costs of WHO TB screening algorithms in selected risk groups among people aged 65 years and over in China, 2013

Canyou Zhang,
Yunzhou Ruan,
Jun Cheng,
Fei Zhao,
Yinyin Xia,
Hui Zhang,
Ewan Wilkinson,
Mrinalini Das,
Jie Li,
Wei Chen

Published: June 8, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176581

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