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Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Haiti [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
In 2010, Haiti suffered from a devastating earthquake; data on the impact on the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic are limited. From January to June 2013, we conducted active case finding at the household level in a slum in Port-au-Prince. Community health workers identified individuals with cough ≥ 2 weeks, and referred them for evaluation.
Jack, Masur, Serena P, Koenig, Pierrot, Julma, Oksana, Ocheretina, Maria A, Durán-Mendicuti, Daniel W, Fitzgerald, Jean W, Pape   +6 more
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Active case finding in contacts of people with tuberculosis [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011
Tuberculosis is a major global health challenge that is caused by a bacteria which is spread by airborne droplets. Mostly patients are identified in high-burden countries when they visit health care facilities ('passive case finding'). Contacts of tuberculosis patients are a high-risk group for developing the disease.
Gregory J, Fox, Claudia C, Dobler, Guy B, Marks   +2 more
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Atrial fibrillation: time for active case finding [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2019
Substantial evidence has now accrued to robustly support systematic case finding using pulse regularity checks in general practice to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) in people aged ≥65 years. Fay et al have summarised this evidence to make the case to detect an additional 10–15 cases of AF per 1000 people screened.1 Cole et al have shown that such ...
Robson, J, Schilling, R
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Active Case Finding for Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Country [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020
Background Despite the high burden of rheumatic heart disease in sub‐Saharan Africa, diagnosis with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is exceedingly rare. Here, we report the results of the first prospective epidemiologic survey to diagnose and characterize ARF at the community level in Africa ...
Emmy Okello, Emma Ndagire, Jenifer Atala, Asha C. Bowen, Marc P. DiFazio, Nada S. Harik, Chris T. Longenecker, Peter Lwabi, Meghna Murali, Scott A. Norton, Isaac Otim Omara, Linda Mary Oyella, Tom Parks, Jafesi Pulle, Joselyn Rwebembera, Rachel J. Sarnacki, Christopher F. Spurney, Elizabeth Stein, Laura Tochen, David Watkins, Meghan Zimmerman, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Craig Sable, Andrea Beaton   +23 more
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Periodic Active Case Finding for TB: When to Look? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
للتحقيق في العوامل التي تؤثر على الأداء والفعالية من حيث التكلفة للجولات الدورية من اكتشاف الحالات النشطة (ACF) للسل. يتم تحليل النموذج الرياضي لديناميكيات السل و ACF الدوري (PACF) في عصر فيروس نقص المناعة البشرية، والذي تم تبسيطه من خلال افتراض الانتشار المستمر لعدوى السل الكامنة، للميزات التي تتحكم في نتائج التدخل، والتي تقاس بالحالات التي تم تجنبها ...
Peter J. Dodd, Richard G. White, Elizabeth L. Corbett   +2 more
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Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Migrants: a Systematic Review. [PDF]

Med Arch
Background: Active case finding (ACF) is an alternative strategy to accelerate the identification of TB cases among the migrant population. Objective: This study aimed to synthesize the evidence for the effectiveness of ACF TB in migrants. Methods: This study uses the PRISMA model as a method of searching for journal articles in the databases of Google
Pramono JS, Ridwan A, Maria IL, Syam A, Russeng SS, Syamsuar, Mumang AA.   +6 more
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Active case-finding for TB among incarcerated women in Peru. [PDF]

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2023
Puma D, Geadas C, Calderon RI, Yuen CM, Jiménez J, CÓrdova M, Martínez B, Peinado J, Lecca L, Tovar M.   +9 more
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Active case-finding for tuberculosis in India

The National Medical Journal of India, 2019
Early identification of presumptive tuberculosis (TB) cases through active case-finding (ACF) would be an important complementary strategy to meet the national urgency in accelerating case detection to achieve the goals of 'End TB' strategy. ACF activities have yielded additional cases in different vulnerable groups in India. The yield of cases depends
Prathiksha, Giridharan, Daniel, Bella Devaleenal, Natrajan, Mohan   +2 more
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Is it feasible to carry out active case finding for tuberculosis in community-based settings?

Lung India, 2019
Introduction and Objective: To achieve elimination of tuberculosis by 2025, identifying the remaining 25% of missed cases would play a major role. But there is paucity of evidence on this statement.
Mercy Mani, Muskura Riyaz, M Shaheena, Saravanan Vaithiyalingam, Velavan Anand, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Anil J Purty   +6 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on TB active case finding in Nigeria [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2020
Background: Active TB case finding (ACF) is a key strategy employed by the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) to address the increasing gap in TB case finding in Nigeria. KNCV TB foundation Nigeria rolled out two high-impact ACF interventions; TB Surge and the Wellness on Wheels (WoW ...
B, Odume, V, Falokun, O, Chukwuogo, C, Ogbudebe, S, Useni, N, Nwokoye, E, Aniwada, B, Olusola Faleye, I, Okekearu, D, Nongo, T, Odusote, A, Lawanson   +11 more
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