Community-based Targeted Case Finding for Tuberculosis and HIV in Household Contacts of Patients with Tuberculosis in South Africa

E. Shapiro, Adrienne; Variava, Ebrahim; Rakgokong, Modiehi; Moodley, Neshen; Luke, Binnu; Salimi, Saeed; E. Chaisson, Richard; E. Golub, Jonathan; Martinson, Neil

doi:10.1164/rccm.201111-1941oc

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Community-based Targeted Case Finding for Tuberculosis and HIV in Household Contacts of Patients with Tuberculosis in South Africa

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Mar 16, 2012

Authors:

Adrienne E. Shapiro

Ebrahim Variava

Modiehi Rakgokong

Abstract

RATIONALE: South Africa has a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV-coinfected adults in whom TB is often diagnosed late in the course of disease. OBJECTIVES: Improved case-finding approaches for TB and HIV are needed to reduce mortality and prevent transmission. METHODS: We identified newly ...

Subject

Medicine

Contact tracing

Tuberculosis

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