Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Control of tuberculosis in settings with high HIV prevalence is a pressing public health priority. We tested two active case-finding strategies to target long periods of infectiousness before diagnosis, which is typical of HIV-negative tuberculosis and is a key driver of transmission. ME...

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Autors principals: Corbett, Elizabeth L, Bandason, Tsitsi, Duong, Trinh, Dauya, Ethel, Makamure, Beauty, Churchyard, Gavin J, Williams, Brian G, Munyati, Shungu S, Butterworth, Anthony E, Mason, Peter R, Mungofa, Stanley, Hayes, Richard J
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Lancet Publishing Group 2010
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956882/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923715
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61425-0
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