Community-based targeted case finding for tuberculosis and HIV in household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in South Africa

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1110-1116

  Shapiro, Adrienne E ^a,b   Variava, Ebrahim ^c,d   Rakgokong, Modiehi H ^d   Moodley, Neshen ^d   Luke, Binnu ^c   Salimi, Saeed ^c   Chaisson, Richard E ^a,b   Golub, Jonathan E ^a,b   Martinson, Neil A ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Case detection; Contact tracing; HIV; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE FINDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COINFECTION; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861401609     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201111-1941OC     Document Type: Article

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