Screening Strategies for Tuberculosis Prevalence Surveys: The Value of Chest Radiography and Symptoms

BACKGROUND: We conducted a tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey and evaluated the screening methods used in our survey, to assess if screening in TB prevalence surveys could be simplified, and to assess the accuracy of screening algorithms that may be applicable for active case finding. METHODS: All...

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Autores principales: van’t Hoog, Anna H., Meme, Helen K., Laserson, Kayla F., Agaya, Janet A., Muchiri, Benson G., Githui, Willie A., Odeny, Lazarus O., Marston, Barbara J., Borgdorff, Martien W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22792158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038691

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22792158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038691

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