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Finding the missing many: improving Tuberculosis care in Kajiado county through active case finding and community approaches. [PDF]

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Morino G, Mulongo CM, Cattaneo P, De Vita MV, Paone G, Scarlata S, Gobbi F, Kinyita S, Odhiambo H.   +8 more
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Active case‐finding in contacts of people with TB

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2021
BACKGROUND: Exposure to people with TB substantially elevates a person's risk of tuberculous infection and TB disease. Systematic screening of TB contacts enables the early detection and treatment of co‐prevalent disease, and the opportunity to prevent future TB disease.
G J, Fox, J C, Johnston, T A, Nguyen, S S, Majumdar, J T, Denholm, H, Asldurf, C B, Nguyen, G B, Marks, K, Velen   +8 more
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Combining PMTCT With Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2006
Tuberculosis (TB) is the preeminent manifestation of HIV infection and has become a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in high HIV-prevalence settings. Active TB in pregnant women has potentially serious consequences for fetuses and newborns. In Soweto, South Africa, there is a more than 90% uptake of voluntary counseling and HIV testing
Paula B N, Kali, Glenda E, Gray, Avy, Violari, Richard E, Chaisson, James A, McIntyre, Neil A, Martinson   +5 more
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Active case-finding of pulmonary TB in an urban emergency department

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2023
BACKGROUND: The WHO recommends systematic screening of TB in high TB prevalence settings. We evaluated an active case-finding strategy using sputum screening regardless of symptoms in a high TB prevalence Emergency Department (ED) in Peru.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo ED, which serves low ...
L, Huaroto, M A, Huaman, R, Mugruza, C, Ticona, P L, Rondan, M, Burgos, E, Ticona   +6 more
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Active tuberculosis case finding in India – The way forward

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 2019
Community based active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) has seen resurrection in the current armamentarium of many TB managers in their fight toward eliminating TB. This article explores the accuracy and approximate cost of various ACF algorithms currently in vogue in India or those which could be useful, while inputting the sensitivity and ...
V K, Chadha, P, Praseeja
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Toward strengthening active case finding for ending tuberculosis in India

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021
AbstractActive case finding (ACF) is critical for the timely detection and treatment of diseases like tuberculosis (TB). ACF is crucial in India, where health‐seeking behaviour across various populations is low and non‐reporting is a barrier to breaking disease transmission cycles and eliminating the disease.
Nibras K. Thodika, Susanna Ghosh Mitra, Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Sulegai Dhondusa Sreeganga   +3 more
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Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Among Immigrants in Barcelona

Archivos de Bronconeumología ((English Edition)), 2004
To assess the prevalence of tuberculous infection and disease in recent economic immigrants in Barcelona.Examination and testing of immigrants. Tuberculin tests (TTs) were given and the presence of scars from tuberculosis vaccinations were noted. Thresholds of 5 and 15 mm were established for positivity in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals ...
J, Alcaide Megías, M N, Altet Gómez, M L, de Souza Galvao, M A, Jiménez Fuentes, C, Milà Auge, J, Solsona Peiró   +5 more
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis in a Prison in Tehran by Active Case Finding

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis [TB] is one of the most important infectious diseases among prisoners. TB Screening plays an important role in prevention among prisoners and their visitors, also better caring of the patients. Active case finding is one of screening methods that is relatively an easy one to find TB suspected prisoners.
Behnam, Farhoudi, SeyedAhmad, SeyedAlinaghi, Mostafa, Hosseini, Fatemeh Golsoorat, Pahlaviani, Mona Mohammadi, Firouzeh, Mohammad, Shahbazi, Minoo, Mohraz   +6 more
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Active case-finding for TB in the community: time to act

The Lancet, 2010
This article focuses on the continuing problem of tuberculosis as a major public health problem and states the need for innovative measures to promptly diagnose treat and stop transmission of tuberculosis. It discusses a study which investigated the effectiveness of two untargeted strategies for active case-finding of smear-positive tuberculosis and ...
Haileyesus, Getahun, Mario, Raviglione
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