Tuberculosis contact screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in a South Indian district: Operational issues for programmatic consideration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Pothukuchi, Madhavi ^a   Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina ^b   Kelamane, Santosha ^b   Satyanarayana, Srinath ^c   Shashidhar, ^d   Babu, Sai ^e   Dewan, Puneet ^f   Wares, Fraser ^f  

^a Siddhartha Medical College   (India)

^b WHO RNTCP Technical Assistance Project   (India)

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

^d District Tuberculosis Centre   (India)

^e Government of Andhra Pradesh   (India)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CONTACT TRACING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; ISONIAZID; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79960686858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022500     Document Type: Article

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