Evaluating an active case-fi nding strategy to identify smear-positive tuberculosis in rural Ethiopia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1399-1404

  Yimer, S ^a,b   Holm Hansen, C ^c   Yimaldu, T ^b   Bjune, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Amhara Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active case fi nding; Ethiopia; Prevalence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73949156394     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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