The prospective evaluation of the TB strain typing service in England: a mixed methods study
Mears J, Vynnycky E, Lord J, Borgdorff MW, Cohen T, Crisp D, Innes JA, Lilley M, Maguire H, McHugh TD, Woltmann G, Abubakar I, Sonnenberg P. The prospective evaluation of the TB strain typing service in England: a mixed methods study. Thorax 2015, 71: thoraxjnl-2014-206480. PMID: 25882538, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic delayTB incidenceTB notification ratesProportion of infectionsMycobacterium tuberculosis diagnosisFalse-positive diagnosesCost-effectiveness analysisMixed-methods evaluationStrain typingTB programsProspective evaluationNotification ratesInfection increasesTuberculosis diagnosisPositive diagnosisPublic health dataComplex interventionsIncidenceMixed-methods studyRoutine laboratoryDiagnosisHealth dataCluster investigationsTypingMethods study