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Research type: |
Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection (Dinnes) 196 pages, Volume 11, number 3 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta11030 |
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Headline: |
Studies into tuberculosis (TB) suggest that nucleic acid amplification tests aid in difficult-to-diagnose cases of active disease (such as pleural TB and TB meningitis) and interferon gamma assays are of value for the diagnosis of latent infection. |
Project ref: |
01/02/07 |
Original project title: |
The clinical and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests for the detection of mycobacterial infection |
Chief Investigator: |
Ms Jacqueline Dinnes, Formerly Senior Research Fellow, Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development, University of Southampton |
Start Date: |
May 2002 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
January 2007 |
Cost: |
£127,133 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
MYCOBACTERIUM-INFECTIONS Q-diagnosis; BACTERIOLOGICAL-TECHNIQUES (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; COHORT-STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484112109 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
108 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1247 |
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