Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in Five High Burden Countries
Nalugwa T, Shah KM, Marcelo D, Nakawunde R, Trinh T, Emmanuel J, Nakaweesa A, Schraufnagel A, et al. (21 authors)
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026-01
Abstract
Point-of-care (POC) tests are needed to improve tuberculosis (TB) detection, but how TB-affected persons value POC tests is unknown. Simulations using discrete choice experiment-based data from 1,149 TB-affected participants across five countries demonstrated that POC TB tests were highly preferred, even with modestly lower accuracy compared to standard facility-based testing.