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1HP
1 month of daily rifapentine plus isoniazid
3HP
3 months of weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid
3HR
3 months of daily rifampicin plus isoniazid
4R
4 months of daily rifampicin monotherapy
6H
6 months of daily isoniazid monotherapy
6Lfx
6 months of daily levofloxacin
9H
9 months of daily isoniazid monotherapy
ART
antiretroviral treatment
BCG
bacille Calmette-Guérin (vaccine)
CAD
computer aided detection
CI
confidence interval
CRP
C-reactive protein
CXR
chest radiography
ERG
external review group
GDG
Guideline Development Group
GRADE
grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation
IGRA
interferon-γ release assay
IPT
isoniazid preventive treatment (or monotherapy)
LTBI
latent tuberculosis infection
MDR-TB
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
mWRD
molecular WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic test
OR
odds ratio
PICO
population, intervention, comparator and outcomes
PMTPT
programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment
RCT
randomized controlled trial
RR
relative risk
RR-TB
rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
TB
tuberculosis
TBI
tuberculosis infection
TBST
M. tuberculosis antigen-based skin test for TB infection
TNF
tumour necrosis factor
TPT
TB preventive treatment
TST
tuberculin skin test
USA
United States of America
USAID
US Agency for International Development
W4SS
WHO-recommended four-symptom screen
WHO
World Health Organization