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Risk factors for inadequate TB case finding in Rural Western Kenya: a comparison of actively and passively identified TB patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The findings of a prevalence survey conducted in western Kenya, in a population with 14.9% HIV prevalence suggested inadequate case finding. We found a high burden of infectious and largely undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), that a quarter of the ...
Anna H Van't Hoog, Barbara J Marston, John G Ayisi, Janet A Agaya, Odylia Muhenje, Lazarus O Odeny, John Hongo, Kayla F Laserson, Martien W Borgdorff   +8 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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Willingness for Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis among Community Pharmacists in Puducherry

Indian Journal of Public Health
Background: In India, there is significant attrition in the cascade of care for tuberculosis (TB) in the public health sector. Pharmacy being the first point of contact for the majority holds considerable potential in reducing this attrition. Objectives:
Dhanajayan Govindan, Palanivel Chinnakali, Sonali Sarkar, Govindarajan Soundappan   +3 more
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Intensified tuberculosis and HIV surveillance in a prison in Northeast India: Implementation research.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Structural and individual level factors in prisons create challenges towards detection and management of HIV/tuberculosis. WHO and India's HIV/tuberculosis control programs recommend intensified case finding in prisons. Low HIV and tuberculosis detection
Tarun Bhatnagar, Malsawmtluangi Ralte, Lalhriatzuali Ralte, Chawnglungmuana, L Sundaramoorthy, Lily Chhakchhuak   +5 more
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Intensified tuberculosis case finding among malnourished children in nutritional rehabilitation centres of Karnataka, India: missed opportunities.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundSevere acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of malnutrition affecting children under-five and is associated with many infectious diseases including Tuberculosis (TB).
Prashant G Bhat, Ajay M V Kumar, Balaji Naik, Srinath Satyanarayana, Deepak Kg, Sreenivas A Nair, Suryakanth Md, Einar Heldal, Donald A Enarson, Anthony J Reid   +9 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intensified or Routine Case Finding for Pulmonary Tuberculosis among HIV-Infected Patients: Which is Better? [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2015
Background: Intensified strategy includes special attention to the symptoms such as cough (more than two weeks), fever (more than three weeks), night sweats (more than three weeks), and weight loss (more than 3 kg per month). If any of the above symptoms
Hamidreza Tabatabaee, Parvin Afsar-kazerooni, Yousef Alimohamadi, Alireza Hasanabadi, Fatemeh Khavandegaran, Katayoun Tayeri, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Jafar Hasanzadeh   +7 more
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Role of routine abdominal ultrasonography in intensified tuberculosis case finding algorithms at HIV clinics in high TB burden settings

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background High proportion of TB in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is undiagnosed. Due to this active TB case finding is recommended for HIV clinics in high TB burden countries.
Sonam Spalgais, Upasna Agarwal, Rohit Sarin, Devesh Chauhan, Anita Yadav, Anand Jaiswal   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Reaching the first 90 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a programme to optimise HIV case finding through intensified index testing

The Lancet Global Health, 2020
Background: To meet the first aim of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, to help end the global HIV epidemic, 90% of people living with HIV should know their status by 2020. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), however, UNAIDS estimates that less than
Sarina Dane, MPH, Ayan Jha, MBBS, Desire Dibulundu, Yves Ilunga, Tania Tchissambou, Bibola Ngalamulume-Roberts, MPH, Kieran Hartsough, MPH, Faustin Malele Bazola, MD, Ellen Morrison, MPH, Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, Juliana Soares Linn, MD   +10 more
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