Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.

Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization is currently developing guidelines on screening for tuberculosis disease to inform national screening strategies. This process is complicated by significant gaps in knowledge regarding mass screening. This study aimed to assess feasibility, uptake, yield, tre...

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Main Authors:	Katharina Kranzer, Stephen D Lawn, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Anna Vassall, Eudoxia Raditlhalo, Darshini Govindasamy, Nienke van Schaik, Robin Wood, Linda-Gail Bekker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:	PLoS Medicine
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3413719?pdf=render

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