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AI-Driven Tuberculosis Hotspot Mapping to Optimize Active Case-Finding: Implementing the Epi-Control Platform in Uganda [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Tuberculosis remains a major public health concern in Uganda, one among the thirty high TB burden countries globally. Despite national progress, gaps persist due to asymptomatic disease, diagnostic limitations, and uneven access to healthcare within the ...
Geofrey Amanya, Sumbul Hashmi, Jessica Sarah Stow, Philip Tumwesigye, Bernadette Nkhata, Kelvin Roland Mubiru, Anne-Laure Budts, Matthys Gerhardus Potgieter, Seyoum Dejene Balcha, Muzamiru Bamuloba, Andiswa Zitho, Luzze Henry, Mary G. Nabukenya-Mudiope, Caroline Van Cauwelaert   +13 more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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