Enhanced tuberculosis identification through 1-month follow-up of smear-negative tuberculosis suspects

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Porskrog, A ^a,b   Bjerregaard Andersen, Morten ^a,b   Oliveira, I ^a   Joaquim L C ^a   Camara, C ^a   Andersen, P L ^b   Rabna, P ^a   Aaby, P ^a,c   Wejse, C ^a,b  

^a Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Guinea Bissau; HIV; Tuberculosis suspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79952789002     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0353     Document Type: Article

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