Table 1

Detailed search strategy conducted with PubMed and Google Scholar

ID numberSearch
1MeSH descriptor (tuberculosis)
2MeSH descriptor (South Africa)
31 and 2
4“Healthcare workers” or “Nurses” or “Doctors” or “Mineworkers” or “Miners” or “Inmates” or “prisoners” or “prisons” or “correctional facilities” or “Informal settlements” or “townships” or “peri-urban” or “resource-limited settings” or “tuberculosis contacts” or “Household tuberculosis contacts” or “HIV-infected” or “HIV-positive “or “Diabetics” or “diabetes” or “Paediatric” or “children” or “Pregnant women” or “antenatal”
53 and 4
  • MeSH, Medical Subject Headings.