| Sampling techniques for screening of TB in the prison for the selection of participants | Mass screening in the prison (census) | References | [36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 51, 58, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73] | Consecutive convenient sampling | [40, 44, 48, 49, 53, 59] | Random sampling technique | [37, 50, 54ā57, 62, 64, 66, 69] |
| Diagnosis methods: bacteriological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis in the prison inmates | Direct light (AFB)/FM and culture (Lowenstein-Jensen) | [48, 53, 54, 60, 64ā66, 72, 73] | GeneXpert MTB/RIF | [39, 40, 42, 55] | Direct light microscopy(AFB) | [38, 47, 51, 58, 59, 61, 67, 69, 70] | Direct microscopy, GeneXpert MTB/RIF, and culture | [41] | Digital chest X-ray, direct microscopy, and culture | [62, 66] | Direct microscopy and chest X-ray | [52, 68] | Digital chest X-ray, GeneXpert MTB/RIF, and direct microscopy | [49, 57] | Direct microscopy/FM and GeneXpert | [43, 44] | Culture (Lowenstein-Jensen) | [36, 37, 50] | GeneXpert and culture | [71] | FM | [45, 56, 63] |
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