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Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?

S.T. Abdurrahman, L. Lawson, M. Blakiston, J. Obasanya, M.A. Yassin, R.M. Anderson, O. Oladimeji, A. Ramsay, L.E. Cuevas 1 January 2017 - New Microbes and New Infections

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Yield of intensified tuberculosis case-finding activities using Xpert® MTB/RIF among risk groups in Nepal

S. Khanal, S. Baral, P. Shrestha, M. Puri, S. Kandel, B. Lamichanne, H. Elsey, M. Brouwer, S. Goel, P. Chinnakali 21 June 2016 - Public Health Action, Volume 6, Number 2, 21 June 2016, pp. 136-141(6)

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School and household tuberculosis contact investigations in Swaziland: Active TB case finding in a high HIV/TB burden setting

Piluca Alonzo Ustero, Alexander W. Kay, Katherine Ngo, Rachel Golin, Bhekisisa Tsabedze, Bulisile Mzileni, Jessica Glickman, Mildred Wisile Xaba, Gcinile Mavimbela, and Anna Maria Mandalakas 5 June 2016 - PLOS ONE

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An Evaluation of Passive and Active Approaches to Improve Tuberculosis Notifications in Afghanistan

A. Sanaie, C. Mergenthaler, A. Nasrat , M. K. Seddiq , S. D. Mahmoodi , R. H. Stevens , J. Creswell 4 October 2016 - PLOS ONE

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Country Perceptions of New Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) Medicines

April 2016 

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Extending ‘Contact Tracing’ into the Community within a 50-Metre Radius of an Index Tuberculosis Patient Using Xpert MTB/RIF in Urban, Pakistan: Did It Increase Case Detection?

Razia Fatima, Ejaz Qadeer, Aashifa Yaqoob , Mahboob ul Haq, Suman S. Majumdar, Hemant D. Shewade, Robert Stevens, Jacob Creswell, Nasir Mahmood, Ajay M. V. Kumar 1 November 2016 - PLOS ONE

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Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis: Randomized Evaluation of Simple and Infotainment Chest Camps

Muhammad Amir Khan, Shirin Anil, Maqsood Ahmed, Ali Athar, Abdul Ghafoor, Miranda Brouwer 1 September 2016 - Annals of Global Health

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Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Experiences, Results, and Implications for Tuberculosis Control Programs

Guesly J. Delva, Ingrid Francois,Cassidy W. Claassen,Darwin Dorestan,Barbara Bastien, Sandra Medina-Moreno,Dumesle St. Fort,Robert R. Redfield, and Ulrike K. Buchwald 1 July 2016 - Tuberculosis Research and Treatment

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Screening for tuberculosis and testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Zambian prisons

Katie R Maggard, Sisa Hatwiinda, Jennifer B Harris, Winifreda Phiri, Annika Krüüner, Kaunda Kaunda, Stephanie M Topp, Nathan Kapata, Helen Ayles,Chisela Chileshe,German Henostroza & Stewart E Reid

1 March 2016 - Bull World Health Organization

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Does intensified case finding increase tuberculosis case notification among children in resource-poor settings? A report from Nigeria

Daniel C. Oshia, Joseph N. Chukwua, Charles C. Nwafora, Anthony O. Mekaa, Nelson O. Madichiea, Chidubem L. Ogbudebea, Ugochukwu U. Onyeonorob, Joy N. Ikebudua, Ngozi Ekekea, Moses C. Anyima, Kingsley N. Ukwajac, Emmanuel N. Aguwad 1 March 2016 - International Journal of Mycobacteriology

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