Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million deaths in 2015. While effective treatment exists, implementation of active case finding (ACF) methods to identify persons with active TB in a timely and cost-effective manner continues to be a ma...

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Autores principales: Kerrigan, Deanna, West, Nora, Tudor, Carrie, Hanrahan, Colleen F., Lebina, Limakatso, Msandiwa, Reginah, Mmolawa, Lesego, Martinson, Neil, Dowdy, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28558737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0206-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28558737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0206-8

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