Turning off the tap: Stopping tuberculosis transmission through active case-finding and prompt effective treatment

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10010, 2015, Pages 2334-2343

  Yuen, Courtney M ^a   Amanullah, Farhana ^b   Dharmadhikari, Ashwin ^a   Nardell, Edward A ^a   Seddon, James A ^c   Vasilyeva, Irina ^d   Zhao, Yanlin ^e   Keshavjee, Salmaan ^f   Becerra, Mercedes C ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE INDUS HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84949519162     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00322-0     Document Type: Review

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