Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests Among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in 5 High Burden Countries

Authors

• Talemwa Nalugwa, Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium
• Kinari M. Shah, University of California, San Francisco
• Danaida Marcelo, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute
• Robinah Nakawunde, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Trang Trinh, UCSF –VNTP Research Collaboration Unit
• Jerusha Emmanuel, Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Annet Nakaweesa, Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium
• Ann Schraufnagel, University of California, San Francisco
• Alfred Andama, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
• Devasahayam J. Christopher, Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Dinh Van Luong, National Lung Hospital
• Grant Theron, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
• William Worodria, UCSF School of Medicine
• Maria Del Mar Castro, Universität Heidelberg
• Payam Nahid, University of California, San Francisco
• Claudia M. Denkinger, Universität Heidelberg
• Adithya Cattamanchi, University of California, San Francisco
• Charles Yu, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute
• Emily Kendall, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Achilles Katamba, Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium
• Andrew D. Kerkhoff, University of California, San Francisco

Publication Date

9-2-2026

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Clinical Infectious Diseases an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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 1149 TB-affected participants across 5 countries demonstrated that POC TB tests were highly preferred, even with modestly lower accuracy compared to standard facility-based testing.

First Page

e395

Last Page

e398

APA Citation

Nalugwa, T., Shah, K. M., Marcelo, D., Nakawunde, R., Trinh, T., Emmanuel, J., Nakaweesa, A., Schraufnagel, A., Andama, A., Christopher, D. J., Van Luong, D., Theron, G., Worodria, W., Del Mar Castro, M., Nahid, P., Denkinger, C. M., Cattamanchi, A., Yu, C., Kendall, E., Katamba, A., … Kerkhoff, A. D. (2026). Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests Among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in 5 High Burden Countries. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 83(2), e395–e398. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag022