Yield of screening for tb and hiv among children failing to thrive in botswana

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-32

  Arscott Mills, Tonya ^a,b   Ho foster, Ari ^a,b   Lowenstein, Margaret ^b   Jibril, Haruna ^c   Masunge, Japhter ^d   Mweemba, Phanuel ^e   Nashara, Paul ^e   Makombe, Robert ^f   Chirenda, Joconiah ^g   Friedman, Harvey M ^a,b   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^a,b,h   Harari, Nurit ^a,b,i  

^a BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^e District Health Management Team ^*  (Botswana)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Botswana)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Failure to thrive; HIV; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHILDREN; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HIV; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893427756     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt072     Document Type: Article

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