Derivation of a tuberculosis screening rule for sub-Saharan African prisons

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Harris, J B ^a,b,c   Siyambango, M ^a   Levitan, E B ^c   Maggard, K R ^a   Hatwiinda, S ^a   Foster, E M ^b,c   Chamot, E ^c   Kaunda, K ^a   Chileshe, C ^d   Kruuner A ^a,b   Henostroza, G ^a,b   Reid, S E ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Ministry of Home Affairs   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic algorithm; Inmates; TB; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; ZAMBIA; CHEST PAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PRISON; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84903480663     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0732     Document Type: Article

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