Symptom screening rules to identify active pulmonary tuberculosis: Findings from the Zambian South African Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Reduction (ZAMSTAR) trial prevalence surveys

BACKGROUND: High tuberculosis (TB) burden countries should consider systematic screening among adults in the general population. We identified symptom screening rules to be used in addition to cough ≥2 weeks, in a context where X-ray screening is not feasible, aiming to increase the sensitivity of s...

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Autores principales: Claassens, M. M., van Schalkwyk, C., Floyd, S., Ayles, H., Beyers, N.
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/PMC5336223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172881

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172881

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