ScreenTB: a tool for prioritising risk groups and selecting algorithms for screening for active tuberculosis. 2020

C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

SETTING AND OBJECTIVES: There is an urgent need to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection globally. This would require greater focus on the implementation of TB screening programs. However, to be productive, cost-effective, and ethical, TB screening efforts should be tailored to their local context, targeted to the populations most likely to benefit and utilizing diagnostic tools with sufficient accuracy.DESIGN AND RESULTS: We have developed an online tool, ScreenTB to help National TB Programmes (NTPs) and their partners plan TB screening activities by modeling the potential outcomes of screening programs, including yield of TB cases diagnosed (true- and false-positives), costs, and cost-effectiveness, specific to the populations screened and the diagnostic algorithms used. In Myanmar, ScreenTB was used to assist the NTP in prioritizing risk groups for screening efforts and selecting appropriate screening algorithms to maximize case detection and minimize false-positive diagnoses.CONCLUSION: The ScreenTB tool can help facilitate the prioritization of risk groups for screening and the selection of appropriate screening algorithms. This is useful when used as part of a larger planning process that considers feasibility of screening, vulnerability of risk groups, potential impact of screening on TB transmission, human rights implications of screening and equity in health care access.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
December 2014, The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
January 1985, Pediatric nursing,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
January 2025, Frontiers in public health,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
December 2022, Microbiology spectrum,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
January 2012, PloS one,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
December 2025, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
January 2004, Medicinski pregled,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
May 2017, Chemical biology & drug design,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
January 2015, PeerJ,
C R Miller, and E M H Mitchell, and N Nishikiori, and A Zwerling, and K Lönnroth
April 2020, International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases,
Copied contents to your clipboard!