Evaluating Tuberculosis Case Detection in Eritrea

We used results from a national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Eritrea to calculate case detection rate (CDR) and compared it with the published CDR. The CDR obtained from the survey was ≈40%, whereas the CDR published by the World Health Organization was 3× lower (14%).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: van der Werf, Marieke J., Sebhatu, Mineab, Borgdorff, Martien W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18257994
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1310.061279
Descripción
Sumario:We used results from a national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Eritrea to calculate case detection rate (CDR) and compared it with the published CDR. The CDR obtained from the survey was ≈40%, whereas the CDR published by the World Health Organization was 3× lower (14%).

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