Epidemiological impact of mass tuberculosis screening: A 2-year follow-up after a national prevalence survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1619-1624

  Okada, Kosuke ^a,b   Onozaki, I ^c   Yamada, N ^a   Yoshiyama, T ^a   Miura, T ^b   Saint, S ^d   Peou, S ^d   Mao, T E ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Chest radiography; Epidemiology; Reactivation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870308020     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0201     Document Type: Article

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