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Historical Active Case Finding Data

, 2023
Active case-fiding data generated through mobile X-ray based screening for TB in Pakistan. This dataset contains aggregate and anonymized data for active case finding interventions called "chest camps". Each row in the dataset corresponds to summary data
Syed Zaidi (13859261)
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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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Implementation of tuberculosis intensive case finding, isoniazid preventive therapy, and infection control ("Three I's") and HIV-tuberculosis service integration in lower income countries [PDF]

, 2016
World Health Organization advocates for integration of HIV-tuberculosis (TB) services and recommends intensive case finding (ICF), isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), and infection control ("Three I's") for TB prevention and control among persons living ...
M Katherine Charles, Barbara Castelnuovo (10700), Nguyen Thi Dung, Divine Avit-Edi, Cortés Moncada, Claudia, IeDEA, Ballif, Marie, Nakigozi, Gertrude, Marie Ballif, Durier, Nicolas, Dusingize, Jean Claude, Charles, M Katherine, Nguyen, Thi Dung, Wester, C William, ,, Meridith Blevins, Dung, Nguyen Thi, Cortes, Claudia P, Cortes, Claudia P., Fenner, Lukas, C William Wester, Wester, C. William, Jean Claude Dusingize (473718), Divine Avit-Edi (2609464), Claudia P. Cortes (473719), Mary Lou Lindegren (2609461), Lindegren, Mary Lou, Gertrude Nakigozi, Charles, M. Katherine, Gertrude Nakigozi (247948), C. William Wester (250717), Timothy R. Sterling (148936), Lukas Fenner, Marie Ballif (368655), Blevins, Meridith, Nicolas Durier (326615), Jean Claude Dusingize, Claudia P Cortes, Avit-Edi, Divine, Sterling, Timothy R., Nguyen Thi Dung (245054), Nicolas Durier, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Timothy R Sterling, International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Collaboration, Mary Lou Lindegren, Barbara Castelnuovo, Lukas Fenner (149822), Sterling, Timothy R, Meridith Blevins (291088), M. Katherine Charles (2609458)   +50 more
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Active TB Case Finding: Guidance Document

, 2023
Government of India guidelines for active case finding for tuberculosis in ...
Central TB Division (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) (14293604)
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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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Potential indicators for monitoring active case finding interventions.

, 2021
Potential indicators for monitoring active case finding interventions.
Vineet Bhatia (9140939), Alka Aggarwal Singh (11747372), Jacob Creswell (471745)   +2 more
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An evaluation of innovative community-based approaches and systematic tuberculosis screening to improve tuberculosis case detection in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Background: National tuberculosis (TB) programmes globally rely heavily on passive case finding for detecting TB in the community as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Daniel C Oshi, Joachim C Omeje, Sarah N Oshi, Isaac N Alobu, Ngozi E Chukwu, Chukwuemeka Nwokocha, Obiageli F Emelumadu, Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Anthony O Meka, Kingsley N Ukwaja   +9 more
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Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients detected by active case finding under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme during 2018 in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: In India, the active case-finding (ACF) strategy began in 2017 under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme to find its missing tuberculosis (TB) cases.
Mahendra Singh, Yogesh Bahurupi, Abhishek Sharma, Surekha Kishore, Pradeep Aggarwal, Bhavna Jain, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Navuluri Kranthi Kumar Reddy   +7 more
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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
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