The benefits to communities and individuals of screening for active tuberculosis disease: A systematic review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 432-446

  Kranzer, K ^a   Afnan Holmes, H ^a   Tomlin, K ^a   Golub, J E ^b   Shapiro, A E ^b   Schaap, A ^a   Corbett, E L ^a   Lonnroth K ^c   Glynn, J R ^a  

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

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Impact evaluation; Mortality; Screening; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875479587     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0743     Document Type: Article

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