Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa

To address the uncertainty of the indirectly measured tuberculosis case detection rate, we used survey data stratified by HIV status to calculate the patient diagnostic rate, a directly measurable indicator, in 8 communities in South Africa. Rates were lower among HIV-negative than HIV-positive pers...

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Autores principales: Claassens, Mareli M., van Schalkwyk, Cari, Dunbar, Rory, Ayles, Helen, Beyers, Nulda
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151618
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author Claassens, Mareli M.
van Schalkwyk, Cari
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description To address the uncertainty of the indirectly measured tuberculosis case detection rate, we used survey data stratified by HIV status to calculate the patient diagnostic rate, a directly measurable indicator, in 8 communities in South Africa. Rates were lower among HIV-negative than HIV-positive persons. Tuberculosis programs should focus on HIV-negative persons.
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spelling pubmed-47669152016-03-01 Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa Claassens, Mareli M. van Schalkwyk, Cari Dunbar, Rory Ayles, Helen Beyers, Nulda Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To address the uncertainty of the indirectly measured tuberculosis case detection rate, we used survey data stratified by HIV status to calculate the patient diagnostic rate, a directly measurable indicator, in 8 communities in South Africa. Rates were lower among HIV-negative than HIV-positive persons. Tuberculosis programs should focus on HIV-negative persons. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4766915/ /pubmed/26891185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151618 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151618
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