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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

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

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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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

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
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Evaluating the yield of systematic screening for tuberculosis among three priority groups in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background In order to end tuberculosis (TB), it is necessary to expand coverage of TB care services, including systematic screening initiatives.
Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Andrew James Codlin, Rachel Jeanette Forse, Nga Thuy Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Vu, Giang Truong Le, Vinh Van Truong, Giang Chau Do, Ha Minh Dang, Lan Huu Nguyen, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Jens Levy, Knut Lonnroth, S. Bertel Squire, Maxine Caws   +15 more
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Impact of Active Case Finding on Treatment Outcomes in Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2021
The objective: to assess the effect of active finding of tuberculosis cases on the frequency of bacterial excretion, lung tissue destruction, and treatment outcomes.Subjects and Methods.
S. А. Sterlikov, V. B. Gаlkin, B. M. Mаliev, А. А. Shirokovа, V. А. Khorotetto, А. S. Mаyzhegishevа   +5 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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The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In Asia, over 50% of patients with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) access health care from private providers. These patients are usually not notified to the National TB Control Programs, which contributes to low notification rates in many ...
Hamidah Hussain, Amani Thomas Mori, Aamir J. Khan, Saira Khowaja, Jacob Creswell, Thorkild Tylleskar, Bjarne Robberstad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source