Pooled testing of sputum with Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra during tuberculosis active case finding campaigns in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• James Dodd,
• Tom Wingfield,
• Luis E Cuevas,
• Jacob Creswell,
• Silaphet Somphavong,
• Jose Dominguez,
• Vibol Iem,
• Phonenaly Chittamany,
• Sakhone Suthepmany,
• Souvimone Siphanthong,
• Phitsada Siphanthong,
• Konstantina Kontogianni,
• Jahangir AM Khan

Affiliations

James Dodd

Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Tom Wingfield

Department of International Public Health and Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Luis E Cuevas

Clinical Sciences and Recsearch Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Jacob Creswell

Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Silaphet Somphavong

Center of Infectology Lao Christophe Merieux, Vientiane, Lao People`s Democratic Republic

Jose Dominguez

Institut d`Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Vibol Iem

Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Phonenaly Chittamany

National Tuberculosis Control Center, XJ7F+P5F, Vientiane, Lao People`s Democratic Republic

Sakhone Suthepmany

National Tuberculosis Control Center, XJ7F+P5F, Vientiane, Lao People`s Democratic Republic

Souvimone Siphanthong

National Tuberculosis Control Center, XJ7F+P5F, Vientiane, Lao People`s Democratic Republic

Phitsada Siphanthong

National Tuberculosis Control Center, XJ7F+P5F, Vientiane, Lao People`s Democratic Republic

Konstantina Kontogianni

Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Jahangir AM Khan

Health Economics and Policy Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden