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Estimating the Impact of Tuberculosis Pathways on Transmission-What Is the Gap Left by Passive Case Finding? [PDF]

J Infect Dis
Abstract Current passive case-finding policies have not resulted in the expected decline in tuberculosis incidence. Recognition of the variety of disease pathways experienced by individuals with tuberculosis highlights how many are not served by the current prevention and care system and how much transmission is missed.
Horton KC, McCaffrey T, Richards AS, Schwalb A, Houben RMGJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infectiousness of Persons Identified Through Active and Passive Case-finding in a High-burden Setting. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Abstract Background The role of active case-finding (ACF) in improving tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care depends on the infectiousness of persons with undiagnosed TB and the accuracy of screening strategies.
Njagi LN, Tram KH, Zifodya JS, Paul S, Ross JM, Murithi W, Mwongera Z, Kiplimo R, Ong'ang'o JR, Fennelly KP, Hawn TR, Nduba V, Horne DJ.   +12 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

1632. Comparing the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of childhood tuberculosis through active and passive case finding [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis, 2020
Abstract Background Childhood tuberculosis can be found via passive case finding (PCF), diagnosing a symptomatic child, and active case finding (ACF), discovering a child through contact tracing. Most high prevalence areas perform PCF, but as ACF is introduced, the clinical and radiologic findings may
Ikeda S, Cruz A, Starke J.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Quantitative evaluation of integrated schistosomiasis control: the example of passive case finding in Ghana [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2004
SummaryPassive case finding based on adequate diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic individuals with praziquantel by the health care facilities is a minimum requirement for integrated schistosomiasis control. Two field studies were conducted in Ghana to obtain quantifications about the steps in this process: (1) a study of health‐seeking behaviour ...
de Vlas, S. J., Danso-Appiah, A., Van der Werf, M. J., Bosompem, K. M., Habbema, J. D. F.   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +2 more sources

A Search for Moderate-Redshift Survivors from the Population of Luminous Compact Passive Galaxies at High Redshift [PDF]

, 2013
From a search of a ~ 2400 square degree region covered by both the SDSS and UKIDSS databases, we have attempted to identify galaxies at z ~ 0.5 that are consistent with their being essentially unmodified examples of the luminous passive compact galaxies ...
Larson, Kirsten, Mann, Andrew W., Shih, Hsin-Yi, Stockton, Alan   +3 more
core   +3 more sources