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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2025

Oral Rinse versus Facemask Capture for Nonsputum Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Simon C Mendelsohn, Gabriella T Jackson, Edmund Wessels, Elizabeth Beyers, Suzette Visagie, Marcia Steyn, Sudesh Sivarasu, Bavesh D Kana, Thomas J Scriba, Mark Hatherill and 1 more

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Article in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Simon C MendelsohnSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-2766
Gabriella T JacksonSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Edmund WesselsBiomedical Engineering Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; and.
Elizabeth BeyersSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Suzette VisagieSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Marcia SteynSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sudesh SivarasuBiomedical Engineering Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; and.
Bavesh D KanaSchool of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Thomas J ScribaSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0641-1359
Mark HatherillSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3491-1809
Facemask Study Team

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation INV-049439South African Medical Research Council
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