Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: Diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a   Zezai, Abbas ^b   Cheung, Yin Bun ^a   Bandason, Tsitsi ^b   Dauya, Ethel ^b   Munyati, Shungu S ^b   Butterworth, Anthony E ^a   Rusikaniko, Simba ^c   Churchyard, Gavin J ^d   Mungofa, Stanley ^e   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Mason, Peter R ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Harare City Health   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 74549201507     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.055467     Document Type: Article

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