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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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Community views on active case finding for tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis [PDF]

, 2021
Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (qualitative). The objectives are as follows:. To synthesize community views on tuberculosis active case finding programmes in low- and middle-income countries.
van Wyk, Susanna S., Oliver, Sandy, Taylor, M, Oliver, S, Medley, N, van Wyk, SS, Medley, Nancy, Taylor, Melissa   +7 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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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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Tuberculosis control in a South African community with high HIV prevalence: the role of intensified case-finding and antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

This thesis investigates active TB case finding and antiretroviral therapy for tuberculosis control in a setting with high HIV prevalence in Cape Town, South Africa.
Kranzer, Katharina
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Number of cases found via active case finding (ACF) and passive case finding (PCF) in the IMPACT TB implementation districts in Nepal and Vietnam.

, 2021
Number of cases found via active case finding (ACF) and passive case finding (PCF) in the IMPACT TB implementation districts in Nepal and Vietnam.
M. Gabriela M. Gomes (8575317), Luan Vo (10863993), Andrew James Codlin (8976227), Diepreye Victoria Ayabina (11719488), Nhung Viet Nguyen (8755359), Maxine Caws (81610), Gokul Mishra (8069084), Suvesh Shreshta (11731382), Anil Thapa (5563118)   +8 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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