Improving tuberculosis case detection rate with a lay informant questionnaire: an experience from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

PROBLEM: In many countries, the tuberculosis (TB) annual case detection rate is below the target of 70%. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 2005, it did not exceed 55%. APPROACH: The DOTS strategy promotes passive case detection of TB. In order to increase the detection rate, we validated a...

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Hauptverfasser: Odermatt, Peter, Nanthaphone, Sayphone, Barennes, Hubert, Chanthavysouk, Khamsay, Tran, Duc-Si, Kosanouvong, Bounsou, Keola, Siamphay, Mathouchanh, Phetsamone, Choumlivong, Khamloune, Keoluangkhot, Valy, Niranh, Phoumindr, Nanthanavone, Sixomxay, Phrommala, Souraxay, Degrémont, Antoine, Strobel, Michel
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: World Health Organization 2007
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Lessons from the Field
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18026630
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.06.038539
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