Improving tuberculosis case detection rate with a lay informant questionnaire: An experience from the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 727-731

  Odermatt, Peter ^a,b   Nanthaphone, Sayphone ^a   Barennes, Hubert ^a   Chanthavysouk, Khamsay ^a   Tran, Duc Si ^a   Kosanouvong, Bounsou ^a   Keola, Siamphay ^a   Mathouchanh, Phetsamone ^a   Choumlivong, Khamloune ^a   Keoluangkhot, Valy ^a   Niranh, Phoumindr ^c   Nanthanavone, Sixomxay ^a   Phrommala, Souraxay ^d   Degrémont, Antoine ^a   Strobel, Michel ^a  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^d Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAGONIMIASIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; LAOS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34548693454     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.038539     Document Type: Article

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