Abbreviations & acronyms

1HP

One month of daily rifapentine plus isoniazid

3HP

Three months of weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid

3HR

Three months of daily rifampicin plus isoniazid

4R

Four months of daily rifampicin monotherapy

6H

Six months of daily isoniazid monotherapy

9H

Nine months of daily isoniazid monotherapy

ART

antiretroviral treatment

BCG

bacille Calmette-Guérin (vaccine)

CI

confidence interval

ERG

External Review Group

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GRADE

grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

Hr-TB

isoniazid-resistant, rifampicin-susceptible TB

IGRA

interferon-gamma release assay

IPT

isoniazid preventive treatment (or monotherapy)

LTBI

 

latent tuberculosis infection

MDR-TB

multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

mITT

modified intention to treat (population)

OR

odds ratio

PICO

population, intervention, comparator and outcomes

People with HIV

people living with HIV

PMTPT

programmatic management of tuberculosis preventive treatment

RCT

randomized controlled trial

RR

relative risk

RR-TB

rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis

TST

tuberculin skin test

TB

tuberculosis

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