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Yield of HIV-associated tuberculosis during intensified case finding in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2010
Intensified case finding is the regular screening for evidence of tuberculosis in people infected with HIV, at high risk of HIV, or living in congregate settings.
Lawn, Stephen D, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Kranzer, Katharina, Glynn, Judith R, Houben, Rein Mgj, Wood, Robin   +5 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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Epidermal Passive RFID Strain Sensor for Assisted Technologies [PDF]

, 2014
An epidermal passive wireless strain sensor using RFID tags is presented. The tag is intended to detect eyebrow or neck skin stretch where paraplegic patients have the capability to tweak facial muscles.
Rumens, C.V., Rakibet, Osman Ozgur, Batchelor, John C., Holder, Simon J.   +3 more
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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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Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization is currently developing guidelines on screening for tuberculosis disease to inform national screening strategies. This process is complicated by significant gaps in knowledge regarding mass screening.
Govindasamy, Darshini, Anna Vassall (144677), Linda-Gail Bekker (60754), Nienke van Schaik, Nienke van Schaik (144680), van Schaik Nienke, Lawn, Stephen D, Robin Wood, van Schaik, Nienke, Darshini Govindasamy, Vassall, Anna, Stephen D Lawn, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Gesine Meyer-Rath (144675), Bekker Linda-Gail, Meyer-Rath Gesine, Anna Vassall, Raditlhalo Eudoxia, Kranzer Katharina, Stephen D. Lawn (116037), Robin Wood (4924), Lawn Stephen D., Eudoxia Raditlhalo, Eudoxia Raditlhalo (144678), Raditlhalo, Eudoxia, Katharina Kranzer, Linda-Gail Bekker, Wood Robin, Govindasamy Darshini, Lawn, Stephen D., Bekker, Linda-Gail, Kranzer, Katharina, Darshini Govindasamy (144679), Vassall Anna, Meyer-Rath, Gesine, Wood, Robin, Katharina Kranzer (116027)   +36 more
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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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Chest x-ray findings in tuberculosis patients identified by passive and active case finding: A retrospective study

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
Background: Chest x-ray is central in screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, sputum culture remains gold standard for diagnosis. Aim: To establish the rate of normal chest x-rays in tuberculosis patients found by spot sputum culture screening,
Ema Rastoder, Saher Burhan Shaker, Matiullah Naqibullah, Mathilde Marie Winkler Wille, Mette Lund, Jon Torgny Wilcke, Niels Seersholm, Sidse Graff Jensen   +7 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Follow-Up of Chronic Coughers in Detecting Smear-Positive Tuberculosis in South Ethiopia

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2021
Endrias Markos Woldesemayat School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Endrias Markos Woldesemayat Email endromark@yahoo.comIntroduction: In Ethiopia, no studies assessing the ...
Woldesemayat EM
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