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Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in the Community

, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set ambitious targets to eliminate TB by 2035. To achieve this, dramatic reductions in TB incidence must be achieved worldwide. Strategies to achieve these targets include the early detection and treatment of all patients with TB, and preventative treatment
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Community-wide active case finding and tuberculosis infection in children [PDF]

The Lancet Public Health, 2021
Guy B, Marks, Thu-Anh, Nguyen, Gregory J, Fox   +2 more
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Active tuberculosis case finding in India: need for introspection [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2017
Sharath Burugina, Nagaraja, Srinath, Satyanarayana, Suresh, Shastri   +2 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – importance of active case finding and consideration of comorbidities

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017
Frank Rassouli
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Perceptions of tuberculosis and home-based infection screening among families and providers in Madagascar: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Summary Background Madagascar is a country with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden, and the incidence of the disease has remained unchanged since 2013. TB detection largely relies on passive strategies, with little attention given to TB infections (TBIs ...
Voahirana Tantely Annick Andrianantoandro, Mamy Jean Jacques Razafimahatratra, Martine Audibert , Rila Ratovoson, Niaina Rakotosamimananan, Jonathan Hoffmann   +5 more
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Importance of confirmatory test characteristics in optimizing community-based screening for tuberculosis: an epidemiological modeling analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The costs, operational barriers, and sensitivity of available tools to confirm a TB diagnosis limit current active case-finding (ACF) efforts for tuberculosis (TB).
Lukas E. Brümmer, Theresa S. Ryckman, Sourya Shrestha, Florian M. Marx, William Worodria, Devasahayam J. Christopher, Grant Theron, Adithya Cattamanchi, Claudia M. Denkinger, David W. Dowdy, Emily A. Kendall   +10 more
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Active case finding of kala-azar [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
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Active case finding for communicable diseases in prisons [PDF]

The Lancet, 2018
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Screening strategies for active tuberculosis: focus on cost-effectiveness

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2016
Claudia Caroline Dobler Clinical Management Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract: In recent years, there has been renewed interest in screening for active tuberculosis (TB), also called ...
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Comparing Active Case-Finding Strategies and Passive Case-Finding for Tuberculosis: An Umbrella Review of Current Evidence

AbstractBackgroundTuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge. Recent studies have compared active case-finding (ACF) with passive case-finding (PCF) and various ACF strategies, assessing diagnostic yield, treatment outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and overall TB control impact.
Sonia Menon, Leon Nshimyumukiza, Pranay Sinha   +2 more
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