Contact screening and chemoprophylaxis in India's Revised Tuberculosis Control Programme: A situational analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1507-1512

  Banu Rekha, V V ^a   Jagarajamma, K ^a   Wares, F ^b   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Swaminathan, Soumya ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Children; Contact screening; IPT; RNTCP

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETREATMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; ISONIAZID; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949105931     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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