Pooling of sputum samples to increase tuberculosis diagnostic capacity in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Santos VS; Department of Nursing. Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health. Federal University of Alagoas, Arapiraca, Brazil; Graduate Program in Health Sciences. Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil; Graduate Program in Health Sciences. Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil., Allgayer MF; Department of Nursing. Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health. Federal University of Alagoas, Arapiraca, Brazil., Kontogianni K; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Rocha JE; Laboratório de Diagnóstico, Pesquisa e Controle de Tuberculose, Maceió, Brazil., Pimentel BJ; Laboratório de Diagnóstico, Pesquisa e Controle de Tuberculose, Maceió, Brazil., Amorim MTP; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., Duarte MVSC; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., de Melo Ferreira P; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., Moura LCL; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., de Lima VPS; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., Guimarães LC; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Alagoas (LACEN/AL), Maceió, Brazil., Dodd J; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Creswell J; Stop TB Partnership, Innovations and Grants, Geneva, Switzerland., Cuevas LE; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Luis.Cuevas@lstmed.ac.uk.

Publikováno v: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases [Int J Infect Dis] 2023 Apr; Vol. 129, pp. 10-14. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 12.