Capture-recapture to estimate completeness of tuberculosis surveillance in two communities in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1038-1043

  Dunbar, Rory ^a   Van Hest, R ^b   Lawrence, K ^a   Verver, S ^c,d   Enarson, D A ^e   Lombard, C ^f   Beyers, N ^a   Barnes, J M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Case registration; Initial defaulters; Record linking; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960435771     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0695     Document Type: Article

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