Poling, A.Beyene, N.Valverde, E.Mulder, C.Cox, C.Mgode, G.Edwards, T. L.2020-06-192020-06-192016https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3088JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, 2016Tuberculosis (TB) is a major problem in poor countries because sensitive diagnostic tools are unavail- able. In 2014, our pouched rats evaluated sputum from 21,600 Tanzanians and 9,048 Mozambicans whose sputum had previously been evaluated by microscopy, the standard diagnostic for TB. Evalua- tion by the rats revealed 1,412 new patients with active TB in Tanzania and 645 new patients in Mozambique, increases of 39% and 53%, respectively, when compared to detections by microscopy alone. These results provide further support for the applied use of scent-detecting rats.enApplied behavior analysisDiscrimination trainingTuberculosisPouched ratsArticle