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Tuberculosis Case Finding in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Passive versus Active Case Finding Using Mobile Chest X-ray [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Active-case finding (ACF) using chest X-ray is an essential method of finding and diagnosing Tuberculosis (TB) cases that may be missed in Indonesia’s routine TB case finding. This study compares active and passive TB case-finding strategies.
John Silwanus Kaku, Riris Andono Ahmad, Stephanie Main, Dwi Oktofiana, Bintari Dwihardiani, Rina Triasih, Philipp du Cros, Geoffrey Chan   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Active Case Finding among Adults using an Individual’s Vulnerability Score for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Rural Village of Goa: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: “Detect–Treat–Prevent–Build” to achieve tuberculosis (TB)-free India is envisaged in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). To be able to achieve this, it is important to address the fact that the most vulnerable and hard-to ...
Bhargav P. Sawant Dessai, Malavika Krishnan, Hemangini K. Shah   +2 more
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Effect of community active case-finding strategies for detection of tuberculosis in Cambodia: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background Cambodia has made notable progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). However, these gains are impeded by a significant proportion of undiagnosed cases.
Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Konstantin Evdokimov, Chetra Ork, Sothearith Eng, Sovannary Tuot, Monyrath Chry, Tan Eang Mao, Li Yang Hsu, Siyan Yi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of tuberculosis treatment in HIV-positive adults diagnosed through active versus passive case-finding [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: The World Health Organization strongly recommends regular screening for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-positive individuals. Objective: To compare the outcome of anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in HIV-positive adults diagnosed with TB through ...
Taye T. Balcha, Sten Skogmar, Erik Sturegård, Per Björkman, Niclas Winqvist   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does tuberculosis screening improve individual outcomes? A systematic review

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: To determine if tuberculosis (TB) screening improves patient outcomes, we conducted two systematic reviews to investigate the effect of TB screening on diagnosis, treatment outcomes, deaths (clinical review assessing 23 outcome indicators ...
L Telisinghe, M Ruperez, M Amofa-Sekyi, L Mwenge, T Mainga, R Kumar, M Hassan, L.H Chaisson, F Naufal, A.E Shapiro, J.E Golub, C Miller, E.L Corbett, R.M Burke, P MacPherson, R.J Hayes, V Bond, C Daneshvar, E Klinkenberg, H.M Ayles   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Activities in Karachi and Tuberculosis Case Notifications

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged, lockdowns led to the cancellation of essential health services. As part of our Zero TB activities in Karachi, we adapted our approach to integrate activities for TB and COVID-19 to decrease the impact on diagnosis and ...
Amyn A. Malik, Hamidah Hussain, Rabia Maniar, Nauman Safdar, Amal Mohiuddin, Najam Riaz, Aneeta Pasha, Salman Khan, Syed Saleem Hasan Kazmi, Ershad Kazmi, Saira Khowaja   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring clustering of leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar: A geospatial analysis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: To identify patterns of spatial clustering of leprosy. Design: We performed a baseline survey for a trial on post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in Comoros and Madagascar.
Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Randrianantoandro Andriamira, Abdallah Baco, Sofie Braet, Assoumani Younoussa, Bertrand Cauchoix, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Emmanuelle Cambau, Annemieke Geluk, Bouke C. de Jong, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Epco Hasker   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of community-based active case finding in screening tuberculosis in Yunnan province of China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background The barriers to access diagnosis and receive treatment, in addition to insufficient case identification and reporting, lead to tuberculosis (TB) spreads in communities, especially among hard-to-reach populations.
Jin-Ou Chen, Yu-Bing Qiu, Zulma Vanessa Rueda, Jing-Long Hou, Kun-Yun Lu, Liu-Ping Chen, Wei-Wei Su, Li Huang, Fei Zhao, Tao Li, Lin Xu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Tuberculosis Screening Among Immigrant Plantation Workers in Sabah, Malaysia [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) among immigrants has substantial contribution to the TB epidemiology in Sabah. This study aimed to determine the yield of screening for TB disease among immigrant plantation workers in Sabah, Malaysia.
Abdullah, M. R. (Mohamed), Mohammad, W. M. (Wan), Omar, J. (Julia), Sabait, M. (Maini)   +3 more
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The Herschel view of the environment of the radio galaxy 4C+41.17 at z = 3.8 [PDF]

, 2012
We present Herschel observations at 70, 160, 250, 350 and 500 μm of the environment of the radio galaxy 4C+41.17 at z = 3.792. About 65 per cent of the extracted sources are securely identified with mid-infrared sources observed with the Spitzer Space ...
Barthel, P., De Breuck, C., Drouart, G., Galametz, A., Greve, T.R., Haas, M., Hatch, N., Ivison, R., Jarvis, M.J., Lehnert, M., Meisenheimer, K., Miley, G., Nesvadba, N., Rottgering, H.J.A., Seymour, N., Stern, D., Stevens, J.A., Vernet, J., Wylezalek, D.   +18 more
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