Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups

The South African Ministry of Health has proposed screening all clinic attendees for tuberculosis (TB). Amongst other factors, male sex and bar attendance are associated with higher TB risk. We show that 45% of adults surveyed in Western Cape attended a clinic within 6 months, and therefore potentia...

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Autores principales: McCreesh, N., Faghmous, I., Looker, C., Dodd, P. J., Plumb, I. D., Shanaube, K., Muyoyeta, M., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Ayles, H., White, R. G.
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Publicado: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051606
http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0064
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author McCreesh, N.
Faghmous, I.
Looker, C.
Dodd, P. J.
Plumb, I. D.
Shanaube, K.
Muyoyeta, M.
Godfrey-Faussett, P.
Ayles, H.
White, R. G.
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Faghmous, I.
Looker, C.
Dodd, P. J.
Plumb, I. D.
Shanaube, K.
Muyoyeta, M.
Godfrey-Faussett, P.
Ayles, H.
White, R. G.
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description The South African Ministry of Health has proposed screening all clinic attendees for tuberculosis (TB). Amongst other factors, male sex and bar attendance are associated with higher TB risk. We show that 45% of adults surveyed in Western Cape attended a clinic within 6 months, and therefore potentially a relatively high proportion of the population could be reached through clinic-based screening. However, fewer than 20% of all men aged 18–25 years, or men aged 26–45 who attend bars, attended a clinic. The population-level impact of clinic-based screening may be reduced by low coverage among key risk groups.
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spelling pubmed-48097212016-04-05 Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups McCreesh, N. Faghmous, I. Looker, C. Dodd, P. J. Plumb, I. D. Shanaube, K. Muyoyeta, M. Godfrey-Faussett, P. Ayles, H. White, R. G. Public Health Action Short Communication The South African Ministry of Health has proposed screening all clinic attendees for tuberculosis (TB). Amongst other factors, male sex and bar attendance are associated with higher TB risk. We show that 45% of adults surveyed in Western Cape attended a clinic within 6 months, and therefore potentially a relatively high proportion of the population could be reached through clinic-based screening. However, fewer than 20% of all men aged 18–25 years, or men aged 26–45 who attend bars, attended a clinic. The population-level impact of clinic-based screening may be reduced by low coverage among key risk groups. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016-03-21 2015-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4809721/ /pubmed/27051606 http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0064 Text en © 2016 McCreesh et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Short Communication
McCreesh, N.
Faghmous, I.
Looker, C.
Dodd, P. J.
Plumb, I. D.
Shanaube, K.
Muyoyeta, M.
Godfrey-Faussett, P.
Ayles, H.
White, R. G.
Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title_full Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title_fullStr Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title_full_unstemmed Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title_short Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups
title_sort coverage of clinic-based tb screening in south africa may be low in key risk groups
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051606
http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0064
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