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- Title
Early detection of tuberculosis through community-based active case finding in Cambodia.
- Authors
Eang, Mao Tan; Satha, Peou; Yadav, Rajendra Prasad; Morishita, Fukushi; Nishikiori, Nobuyuki; van-Maaren, Pieter; Weezenbeek, Catharina Lambregts-van
- Abstract
Since 2005, Cambodia's national tuberculosis programme has been conducting active case finding (ACF) with mobile radiography units, targeting household contacts of TB patients in poor and vulnerable communities in addition to routine passive case finding (PCF). This paper examines the differences in the demographic characteristics, smear grades, and treatment outcomes of pulmonary TB cases detected through both active and passive case finding to determine if ACF could contribute to early case finding, considering associated project costs for ACF.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2012, Vol 12, p469
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-12-469