Use of the Lung Flute ECO to assist in sputum collection for tuberculosis testing: a randomised crossover trial

• Cyrille Mbuli,
• Comfort Vuchas,
• Joceline Konso,
• Zourriyah Adamou Mana,
• Yannick Russel Ngangue,
• Neba Esther,
• Norah Nyah Ndi,
• Irene Adeline Goupeyou Wandji,
• Mercy Fundoh,
• Maurice Ganava,
• Toussaint Malama,
• Nsame Denis,
• Pride Teyim,
• Annie Bisso,
• Rian Snijders,
• Ellen M.H. Mitchell,
• Epco Hasker,
• Ippei Soma,
• Melissa Sander,
• Satoshi Mitarai,
• the Lung Flute ECO Trial Consortium,
• Michelle Barbara Ngono,
• Guy Zero Molesa,
• Jeanne Rachel Leslie Ngo Mode,
• Eldred Mabughe Chongwain,
• Nina Lubeka,
• Houpa Hibbert Cyrille,
• Balkissou Nyako Wadjore,
• Kwemu Njakoi Clinton,
• Olivier Elie Habaga,
• Angela Neh,
• Fuh Boris Nforbi,
• Frinwie Mary-Carmel Ndifor,
• Claudia Asanji,
• Pascale Sandrine,
• Nguifu Ngwafung Kelly,
• Miranda Ngumbusi Tumanjong,
• Liliane Keugni,
• Hamada Beloko,
• Tollo Tollo Daniel,
• Theo Mpaba Minkat,
• Henri Manga

Affiliations

Cyrille Mbuli

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Comfort Vuchas

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Joceline Konso

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Zourriyah Adamou Mana

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Yannick Russel Ngangue

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Neba Esther

Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon

Norah Nyah Ndi

Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and Baptist Institute of Health Sciences, Bamenda, Cameroon

Irene Adeline Goupeyou Wandji

National TB Program – Littoral Region, Douala, Cameroon

Mercy Fundoh

National TB Program – Northwest Region, Bamenda, Cameroon

Maurice Ganava

National TB Program – Far North Region, Maroua, Cameroon

Toussaint Malama

National TB Program – North Region, Garoua, Cameroon

Nsame Denis

Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon

Pride Teyim

Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Annie Bisso

National TB Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Rian Snijders

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Ellen M.H. Mitchell

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Epco Hasker

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Ippei Soma

Acoustic Innovations, Tokyo, Japan

Melissa Sander

Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon

Satoshi Mitarai

Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan

the Lung Flute ECO Trial Consortium

For a list of the members of the Lung Flute ECO Trial Consortium see the Acknowledgements

Michelle Barbara Ngono

Guy Zero Molesa

Jeanne Rachel Leslie Ngo Mode

Eldred Mabughe Chongwain

Nina Lubeka

Houpa Hibbert Cyrille

Balkissou Nyako Wadjore

Kwemu Njakoi Clinton

Olivier Elie Habaga

Angela Neh

Fuh Boris Nforbi

Frinwie Mary-Carmel Ndifor

Claudia Asanji

Pascale Sandrine

Nguifu Ngwafung Kelly

Miranda Ngumbusi Tumanjong

Liliane Keugni

Hamada Beloko

Tollo Tollo Daniel

Theo Mpaba Minkat

Henri Manga