TB case detection: Can we remain passive while the process is active?

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-

  Abebe, Markos ^a   Doherty, Mark ^b   Wassie, Liya ^a   Demissie, Abebech ^a   Mihret, Adane ^a   Engers, Howard ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^a  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case detection; DOTS; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE FINDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865283499     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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