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ArticlePublic health action2025

Use of trained African giant pouched rats as a predictor of clinical diagnosis of pulmonary TB.

J Soka, S Mwimanzi, C D Fast, G Mwesiga, N Edward, M Stephen, R Kondo, C Cox, N Beyene, T B Agizew

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J SokaAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
S MwimanziAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
C D FastAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
G MwesigaAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
N EdwardAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
M StephenAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
R KondoAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
C CoxAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
N BeyeneAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
T B AgizewAnti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Tuberculosis Department, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For over a decade, trained African giant pouched rats have been employed in detecting missed pulmonary TB (PTB). However, the relationship between rat-positive results and subsequent clinical PTB or extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) has not been previously reported. This report highlights the use of rat-positivity as a predictor for PTB clinical diagnosis and treatment among presumptive TB. Treating physicians were 1.39 times more likely to clinically diagnose and treat rat-positives than rat-negatives: 12% versus 9%, respectively, odds ratio=1.39, 95% confidence interval: 1.05-1.84

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Cricetomys ansorgeiEthiopiasmear negativeTanzaniatuberculosis

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PMID40936971
PMCPMC12421851

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