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Tushar Garg

Stop TB Partnership

Chemin du Pommier

Geneva

Switzerland

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Pooling Sputum Samples for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy with Cost-Effectiveness Assessment

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Sep 2025
Rodrigo M. Teles, Judson C. S. Neri, Rodrigo T. Tanajura, Victor S. Santos, Leo Martinez, Julio Croda, Tushar Garg, Bruno B. Andrade and Beatriz Barreto Duarte
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Boston University - Department of Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Faculty of Health Sciences, Stop TB Partnership, Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research (MONSTER) Initiative and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Laboratório de Inflamação e Biomarcadores
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tuberculosis, sputum pooling, rapid molecular diagnostics, diagnostic accuracy, cost-effectiveness, active case finding, programmatic implementation, low- and middle-income countries, systematic review and meta-analysis

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Diagnostic Performance and Test Savings of Pooled Testing for Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study across Seven Countries

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Apr 2026
Tushar Garg, Melissa Sander, Rachel Byrne, Syed Mohammad Mazidur Rahman, Victor Santana Santos, Steve Wandiga, Augustine Talumba Choko, Suraj Abdulkarim, Mosunmola Iwakun, Andrew Codlin, Konstantina Kontogianni, Vibol Iem, Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar, Marc YR Henrion, S. Bertel Squire, Sayera Banu, Cyrille Ndamnsah Mbuli, Albert Ochieng Okumu, John Bimba, Stephen John, Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Tom Wingfield, Jacob Creswell and Start4All Investigators
Stop TB Partnership, Center for Health Promotion and Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR’B), Universidade Federal de Sergipe - Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of Malawi - Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Janna Health Foundation, Bingham University, Friends for International TB Relief, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Malawi - Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, - Infectious Disease Division, Center for Health Promotion and Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Bingham University, Janna Health Foundation, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Global Public Health, University of Liverpool - Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology & Immunology, Stop TB Partnership and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Tuberculosis, pooling, pooled testing, group testing, diagnostics

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Pooled Sputum Testing for Tuberculosis: A Multi-Country Qualitative Study of the Start4All Project

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2026
Vibol Iem, Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Andrew Codlin, Mosunmola Iwakun, Chimwemwe Kwanjo Banda, Douglas Akunda Okelloh, Cyrille Ndamnsah Mbuli, Aline Dosea, Victor S. Santos, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury, Tushar Garg, Jacob Creswell, Beate Ringwald, Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar, Rachel Byrne, Tom Wingfield and The Start4All Investigators
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Global Public Health, Friends for International TB Relief, Bingham University, University of Malawi - Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Centre for Global Health Research, Center for Health Promotion and Research, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), Stop TB Partnership, Stop TB Partnership, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - Department of International Public Health and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tuberculosis, Pooled testing, Diagnostics, Resource optimization, Health systems