Bringing state-of-the-art diagnostics to vulnerable populations: The use of a mobile screening unit in active case finding for tuberculosis in Palawan, the Philippines

BACKGROUND: Globally, case detection of tuberculosis (TB) has stabilized in recent years. Active case finding (ACF) has regained an increased attention as a complementary strategy to fill the case detection gap. In the Philippines, the DetecTB project implemented an innovative ACF strategy that offe...

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Autores principales: Morishita, Fukushi, Garfin, Anna Marie Celina Gonzales, Lew, Woojin, Oh, Kyung Hyun, Yadav, Rajendra-Prasad, Reston, Janeth Cuencaho, Infante, Lenie Lucio, Acala, Maria Rebethia Crueldad, Palanca, Dean Lim, Kim, Hee Jin, Nishikiori, Nobuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28152082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171310

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28152082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171310

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