Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in a tanzanian prison and computer-aided interpretation of chest X-rays

Public Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 249-254

  Steiner, A ^a,b,c   Mangu, C ^d   van den Hombergh, J ^e   van Deutekom, H ^f   van Ginneken, B ^g   Clowes, P ^d,h   Mhimbira, F ^a,b,c   Mfinanga, S ⁱ   Rachow, A ^h,j   Reither, K ^a,c   Hoelscher, M ^d,h,j  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e PharmAccess International   (Tanzania)

^f MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Muhimbili Medical Research Centre   (Tanzania)

^j German Centre for Infection Research   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Chest X ray; Computer aided diagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997365125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/pha.15.0037     Document Type: Article

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