Screening People with Tuberculosis for High Risk of Severe Illness at Notification: Programmatic Experience from Karnataka, India
Due to limited availability of diagnostics and capacity, people with tuberculosis do not always undergo systematic assessment for severe illness (requiring inpatient care). In Karnataka (south India), para-medical programme staff used a screening tool to identify people at ‘high risk of severe illne...
Main Authors: | Hemant Deepak Shewade, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Hosadurga Jagadish Deepak Murthy, Basavarajachar Vanitha, Madhavi Bhargava, Anil Singarajipura, Suresh G. Shastri, Ramesh Chandra Reddy, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Anurag Bhargava |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/102 |
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