Pooled testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation

Vibol Iem; Rachel L. Byrne; Tushar Garg; Victor Santos; Mohammed A. Yassin; Immaculate Kathure; Valerie Flore Donkeng Donfack; Comfort Vuchas; Christopher R. Bilder; Jacob Creswell; Stephen B. Squire; Tom Wingfield

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00328-5

Pooled testing for TB: revisiting a cost-saving innovation

Vibol Iem
, Rachel L. Byrne
, Tushar Garg
, Victor Santos
, Mohammed A. Yassin
, Immaculate Kathure
, Valerie Flore Donkeng Donfack
, Comfort Vuchas
, Christopher R. Bilder
, Jacob Creswell
, Stephen B. Squire
, Tom Wingfield

Clinical Sciences

Stop TB Partnership
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Ministry of Health, Kenya
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Center for Health Promotion and Research
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Karolinska Institutet
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	958-961
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	11
Early online date	25 Sept 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00328-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2025

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