Screening strategies for tuberculosis prevalence surveys: the value of chest radiography and symptoms.

Screening strategies for tuberculosis prevalence surveys: the value of chest radiography and symptoms.

We conducted a tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey and evaluated the screening methods used in our survey, to assess if screening in TB prevalence surveys could be simplified, and to assess the accuracy of screening algorithms that may be applicable for active case finding.All participants with a po...

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Main Authors: Anna H van't Hoog, Helen K Meme, Kayla F Laserson, Janet A Agaya, Benson G Muchiri, Willie A Githui, Lazarus O Odeny, Barbara J Marston, Martien W Borgdorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3391193?pdf=render

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