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Effect of community active case-finding strategies for detection of tuberculosis in Cambodia: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background Cambodia has made notable progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). However, these gains are impeded by a significant proportion of undiagnosed cases.
Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Konstantin Evdokimov, Chetra Ork, Sothearith Eng, Sovannary Tuot, Monyrath Chry, Tan Eang Mao, Li Yang Hsu, Siyan Yi   +9 more
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A comparison between passive and active case finding in TB control in the Arkhangelsk region [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2014
Background: In Russia, active case finding (ACF) for certain population groups has been practiced uninterruptedly for many decades, but no studies comparing ACF and passive case finding (PCF) approaches in Russia have been published.
Vladimir N. Kuznetsov, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Andrey O. Mariandyshev, Eva Johansson, Gunnar A. Bjune   +4 more
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Comparing Catastrophic Costs: Active vs. Passive Tuberculosis Case Finding in Urban Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Active case finding (ACF) is a strategy that aims to identify people with tuberculosis (TB) earlier in their disease. This outreach approach may lead to a reduction in catastrophic cost incurrence (costs exceeding 20% of annual household income), a main ...
Luong V. Dinh, Anja M. C. Wiemers, Rachel J. Forse, Yen T. H. Phan, Andrew J. Codlin, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Thuy T. T. Dong, Lan Nguyen, Thuong H. Pham, Lan H. Nguyen, Ha M. T. Dang, Mac H. Tuan, Phuc Thanh Le, Knut Lonnroth, Jacob Creswell, Amera Khan, Beatrice Kirubi, Hoa B. Nguyen, Nhung V. Nguyen, Luan N. Q. Vo   +19 more
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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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Role of community-based active case finding in screening tuberculosis in Yunnan province of China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background The barriers to access diagnosis and receive treatment, in addition to insufficient case identification and reporting, lead to tuberculosis (TB) spreads in communities, especially among hard-to-reach populations.
Jin-Ou Chen, Yu-Bing Qiu, Zulma Vanessa Rueda, Jing-Long Hou, Kun-Yun Lu, Liu-Ping Chen, Wei-Wei Su, Li Huang, Fei Zhao, Tao Li, Lin Xu   +10 more
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Implementing tuberculosis close-contact investigation in a Tertiary Hospital in Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018
Background: Close contact investigation is the essential key in tuberculosis (TB) case finding and an effective strategy for TB control program within any society. Methods: In this prospective study, 1186 close family contacts of hospitalized TB patients
Masoud Shamaei, Shahrbanoo Esmaeili, Majid Marjani, Payam Tabarsi   +3 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
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Passive case finding for tuberculosis is not enough

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016
Current World Health Organisation targets calling for an end to the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2035 require a dramatic improvement in current case-detection strategies. A reliance on passive case finding (PCF) has resulted consistently, in over
Jennifer Ho, Greg J Fox, Ben J Marais
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Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of the Zero TB Indicator Framework as a tool for assessing the quality of tuberculosis (TB) case-finding, treatment and prevention services in Mongolia.Setting Primary health centres, TB dispensaries, and ...
Donna Spiegelman, Xin Zhou, J Lucian Davis, Meredith B Brooks, Ariunzaya Saranjav, Christina Parisi, Khulan Dorjnamjil, Tumurkhuyag Samdan, Sumiya Erdenebaatar, Altantogoskhon Chuluun, Tserendagva Dalkh, Gantungalag Ganbaatar, Davaasambuu Ganmaa   +12 more
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Skin wounds in a rural setting of Côte d’Ivoire: Population-based assessment of the burden and clinical epidemiology

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Data on the burden and clinical epidemiology of skin wounds in rural sub-Saharan Africa is scant. The scale of the problem including preventable progression to chronic wounds, disability and systemic complications is largely unaddressed ...
Simone Toppino, Raymond T. A. S. N’Krumah, Bognan Valentin Kone, Didier Yao Koffi, Ismaël Dognimin Coulibaly, Frank Tobian, Gerd Pluschke, Marija Stojkovic, Bassirou Bonfoh, Thomas Junghanss   +9 more
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