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Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million deaths in 2015. While effective treatment exists, implementation of active case finding (ACF) methods to identify persons with active TB in a timely ...
Deanna Kerrigan, Nora West, Carrie Tudor, Colleen F. Hanrahan, Limakatso Lebina, Reginah Msandiwa, Lesego Mmolawa, Neil Martinson, David Dowdy   +8 more
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A public–private partnership to reduce tuberculosis burden in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2015
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) infection and spread are preventable, and TB disease is curable depending on individual and community knowledge of causes of the disease, mode of prevention and cure.
Anne E Asuquo, Benjamin D. Thumamo Pokam, Emmanuel Ibeneme, Esu Ekpereonne, Valerie Obot, P N Asuquo   +5 more
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Active tuberculosis case finding in India: need for introspection [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2017
Sharath Burugina, Nagaraja, Srinath, Satyanarayana, Suresh, Shastri   +2 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – importance of active case finding and consideration of comorbidities

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017
Frank Rassouli
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Perceptions of tuberculosis and home-based infection screening among families and providers in Madagascar: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Summary Background Madagascar is a country with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden, and the incidence of the disease has remained unchanged since 2013. TB detection largely relies on passive strategies, with little attention given to TB infections (TBIs ...
Voahirana Tantely Annick Andrianantoandro, Mamy Jean Jacques Razafimahatratra, Martine Audibert , Rila Ratovoson, Niaina Rakotosamimananan, Jonathan Hoffmann   +5 more
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Tuberculosis active case-finding: more than just finding cases [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2019
Carole D, Mitnick, Courtney M, Yuen
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Importance of confirmatory test characteristics in optimizing community-based screening for tuberculosis: an epidemiological modeling analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The costs, operational barriers, and sensitivity of available tools to confirm a TB diagnosis limit current active case-finding (ACF) efforts for tuberculosis (TB).
Lukas E. Brümmer, Theresa S. Ryckman, Sourya Shrestha, Florian M. Marx, William Worodria, Devasahayam J. Christopher, Grant Theron, Adithya Cattamanchi, Claudia M. Denkinger, David W. Dowdy, Emily A. Kendall   +10 more
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Active case finding of kala-azar [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
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Active case finding for communicable diseases in prisons [PDF]

The Lancet, 2018
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Screening strategies for active tuberculosis: focus on cost-effectiveness

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2016
Claudia Caroline Dobler Clinical Management Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract: In recent years, there has been renewed interest in screening for active tuberculosis (TB), also called ...
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