Periodic active case finding for TB: When to look?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Dodd, Peter J ^a   White, Richard G ^a   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

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

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84055182533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029130     Document Type: Article

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