Oral Rinse versus Facemask Capture for Nonsputum Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Collaborators, Affiliations

Facemask Study Team:
Hadn Africa, Thakiera Allie, Nicole Bilek, Samentra Braaf, Yolundi Cloete, Alessandro Companie, Karin de Kock, Marwou de Kock, Bongani Diamond, Mzwandile Erasmus, Terence Esterhuizen, Cynthia Gwintsa, Kate Hadley, Henry Issel, Lungisa Jaxa, Masooda Kaskar, Nobulumko Khomba, Raphael Lebaea, Thelma Leopeng, Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya, Nondu Lushozi, Vusisiwe Mabulu, Lebohang Makhethe, Sandisiwe Mangali, Faheemah Meyer, Miriam Moses, Angelique Mouton, Evans Muchiri, Humphrey Mulenga, Hlengiwe Nkambule, Julia Noble, Onke Nombida, Sarah Nyangu, Fajwa Opperman, Christel Petersen, Abraham Pretorius, Phuti Rabatseta, Maigan Ratangee, Constance Schreuder, Carmen Segelaar, Cashwin September, Justin Shenje, Edward Sputa, Marquin Swartland, Mavis Tali, Michèle Tameris, Nicolette Tredoux, Petrus Tyambetyu, Habibullah Valley, Johanna E van Rooyen, Bianca van Wyk, Ashley Veldsman

¹ South 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.
² Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; and.
³ School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Simon C Mendelsohn et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;211(11):2139-2142.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202506-1477RL.

Facemask Study Team:
Hadn Africa, Thakiera Allie, Nicole Bilek, Samentra Braaf, Yolundi Cloete, Alessandro Companie, Karin de Kock, Marwou de Kock, Bongani Diamond, Mzwandile Erasmus, Terence Esterhuizen, Cynthia Gwintsa, Kate Hadley, Henry Issel, Lungisa Jaxa, Masooda Kaskar, Nobulumko Khomba, Raphael Lebaea, Thelma Leopeng, Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya, Nondu Lushozi, Vusisiwe Mabulu, Lebohang Makhethe, Sandisiwe Mangali, Faheemah Meyer, Miriam Moses, Angelique Mouton, Evans Muchiri, Humphrey Mulenga, Hlengiwe Nkambule, Julia Noble, Onke Nombida, Sarah Nyangu, Fajwa Opperman, Christel Petersen, Abraham Pretorius, Phuti Rabatseta, Maigan Ratangee, Constance Schreuder, Carmen Segelaar, Cashwin September, Justin Shenje, Edward Sputa, Marquin Swartland, Mavis Tali, Michèle Tameris, Nicolette Tredoux, Petrus Tyambetyu, Habibullah Valley, Johanna E van Rooyen, Bianca van Wyk, Ashley Veldsman

¹ South 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.
² Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; and.
³ School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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