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Yield of household contact tracing for tuberculosis in rural South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Efficient and effective strategies for identifying cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in rural sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. Household contact tracing offers a potential approach to diagnose more TB cases, and to do so earlier in the disease ...
Kristen M. Little, Reginah Msandiwa, Neil Martinson, Jonathan Golub, Richard Chaisson, David Dowdy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening and testing for tuberculosis among the HIV-infected: outcomes from a large HIV programme in western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). TB is also the leading opportunistic infection contributing to about one-third of deaths in this population.
Philip Owiti, Dickens Onyango, Robina Momanyi, Anthony D. Harries   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosing human African trypanosomiasis in Angola using a card agglutination test: observational study of active and passive case finding strategies. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To assess the operational feasibility of detecting human African trypanosomiasis by active and passive case finding using the card agglutination test with serial dilution of serum to guide treatment.
Abel, Paulo M, Augusto, Inacio, Bisoffi, Zeno, Inojosa, Walter O, Josenado, Teofile, Stich, August, Whitty, Christopher JM   +6 more
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Spatial heterogeneity in projected leprosy trends in India [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Leprosy is caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae and is characterized by peripheral nerve damage and skin lesions. The disease is classified into paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) leprosy.
Beauclair, Roxanne, Brook, Cara E, Galvani, Alison P, Lietman, Thomas M, Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial, Ngwenya, Olina, Porco, Travis C, Satpathy, Sudhir K, Worden, Lee   +8 more
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Targeted case finding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease versus routine practice in primary care (TargetCOPD): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Many individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain undiagnosed worldwide. Health-care organisations are implementing case-finding programmes without good evidence of which are the most effective and cost-effective ...
Adab, P, Ayres, JG, Blissett, D, Cheng, KK, Cooper, BG, Daley, AJ, Enocson, A, Fitzmaurice, D, Greenfield, S, Haroon, S, Jolly, K, Jordan, RE, Jowett, S, Marsh, J, Miller, MR, Riley, RD, Siebert, S, Sitch, A, Stockley, R, Turner, AM   +19 more
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Tuberculosis active case finding in Cambodia: a pragmatic, cost-effectiveness comparison of three implementation models. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Globally, almost 40% of tuberculosis (TB) patients remain undiagnosed, and those that are diagnosed often experience prolonged delays before initiating correct treatment, leading to ongoing transmission.
Boudarene, Lydia, Coker, Richard, James, Richard, Khan, Mishal Sameer, Khim, Keovathanak, Koeut, Pichenda, Mao, Tan Eang, Phalla, Chea, Saint, Saly, Yoong, Joanne   +9 more
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Tuberculosis active case finding: uptake and diagnostic yield among minibus drivers in urban South Africa. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) active case finding is a part of TB control in areas of higher TB prevalence. Congested public transportation settings may be areas of increased TB transmission.
Charalambous, Salome, Chihota, Violet, Churchyard, Gavin J, Gresak, Gillian, Hoffmann, Christopher J, Mabuto, Tonderai, Zwane, Ephraim   +6 more
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Risk-adjusted active tuberculosis case finding strategy in central Ethiopia

IJID Regions, 2022
The World Health Organization recommends active case finding for tuberculosis (TB). Our study evaluated the targeted screening of household contacts (HHCs) of patients with contagious pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Central Ethiopia.The HHCs of patients with microbiologically confirmed PTB were screened for TB symptoms and risk factors for TB ...
Andre Fuchs, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Frieder Pfäfflin, Andreas Schönfeld, Tamara Nordmann, Fikru Melaku, Abebe Sorsa, Hans Martin Orth, Dieter Häussinger, Tom Luedde, Torsten Feldt   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of yield and relative costs of different screening algorithms for tuberculosis in active case-finding: a cross-section study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Part of tuberculosis (TB) patients were missed if symptomatic screening was based on the main TB likely symptoms. This study conducted to compare the yield and relative costs of different TB screening algorithms in active case-finding in the ...
Fei Zhao, Canyou Zhang, Chongguang Yang, Yinyin Xia, Jin Xing, Guolong Zhang, Lin Xu, Xiaomeng Wang, Wei Lu, Jianwei Li, Feiying Liu, Dingwen Lin, Jianlin Wu, Xin Shen, Shuangyi Hou, Yanling Yu, Dongmei Hu, Chunyi Fu, Lixia Wang, Jun Cheng, Hui Zhang   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source