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Active Tuberculosis Case Finding

Active Tuberculosis Case Finding is a systematic public health strategy that involves the proactive identification and screening of at-risk populations for tuberculosis infection in order to detect cases that would otherwise remain undiagnosed through passive surveillance alone.

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9.5K

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1.5K

Authors

512

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2017–2026

106

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Active Tb Case Finding

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Publications

251

Contacts of cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis.

S Grzybowski, Barnett Gd, K Stýblo · PubMed · 1975 · 328 citations

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Active case finding of tuberculosis: historical perspective and future prospects.

J. E. Golub, Charu Mohan, G W Comstock et al. · PubMed · 2005 · 296 citations

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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

Elizabeth L. Corbett, Tsitsi Bandason, Trinh Duong et al. · The Lancet · 2010 · 254 citations · Full text

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Outbreak of Tuberculosis among Regular Patrons of a Neighborhood Bar

Susan E Kline, Linda L. Hedemark, Scott F. Davies · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 209 citations · Full text

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Health Extension Workers Improve Tuberculosis Case Detection and Treatment Success in Southern Ethiopia: A Community Randomized Trial

Daniel G. Datiko, Bernt Lindtjørn · PLoS ONE · 2009 · 176 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.5K

  1. SS
    Srinath Satyanarayana

    International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France

    11 publications · 360 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. KL
    Knut Lönnroth

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    10 publications · 359 citations

    10

    h-index

  3. DW
    David W. Dowdy

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    8 publications · 348 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. AJ
    Andrew James Codlin

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    8 publications · 280 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. LN
    Luan Nguyen Quang Vo

    Hanoi Lung Hospital, Vietnam

    7 publications · 203 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

512

  1. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    15 h-index

    47 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    776 citations

  5. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    685 citations

  6. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    919 citations

  7. Royal Tropical Institute

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    465 citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    727 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    26 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  2. 18

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 25 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

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  4. BMC Public Health

    8 publications · 330 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Tubercle

    7 publications · 226 citations

    7

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