Success of active tuberculosis case detection among high-risk groups in urban slums in Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1099-1104

  Fatima, Razia ^a   Qadeer, E ^a   Enarson, D A ^b,c   Creswell, J ^d   Stevens, R ^e   Hinderaker, S G ^f   Ul Haq, M ^a  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e HLSP Institute   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active case detection; Chest camps; Private providers; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; TIME FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906703541     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0001     Document Type: Article

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